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| OfficeWriter
Solves Excel & Word Performance Issues |
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| OfficeWriter alleviates the need
for Excel and Word on the server. This means that it is not necessary to
have Excel or Word installed on the server at all. This is a major benefit
due to lower licensing costs and ease of deployment as well as for the performance
and stability of the server when handling large volumes of concurrent requests
for Excel reports and/or Word documents. |
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| Performance |
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| Microsoft
Excel and Word on a Server: With as few as 2-3 concurrent
users, your server will incur noticeable performance degradation
and could crash. See
Microsoft Knowledge Base Q257757 |
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| SoftArtisans
OfficeWriter: Safely generates thousands of Excel workbooks
and Word documents for an unlimited number of concurrent users
each day. |
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| Resource
Usage |
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Solution |
| Microsoft
Excel and Word on a Server: The Excel and Word objects do
not always go away. For example, the excel.exe remains in the
list of processes and must be manually killed. Excel does this
because it terminates when the calling thread exits, not when
there are no more object references. In the case of ASP, the
calling thread typically does not die. See
Microsoft Knowledge Base Q257757 |
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| SoftArtisans
OfficeWriter: Works without dependency on the Microsoft
Excel and Word objects, which are not required on the server.
This avoids the performance penalties and instability otherwise
associated with instantiating multiple copies of the Excel and
Word objects on a Web server. |
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| Three
Major Issues with Office on the Server |
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| Problem |
Solution |
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is group of multi-threaded server-side DLLs that provide a greater
measure of server stability when handling multiple concurrent
requests. Instantiating multiple copies (as few as 2-3 concurrent
users) of the Excel and Word objects can be dangerous, as the
objects do not always close out when they are no longer in use.
The excel.exe and winword.exe will remain in the list of processes
and must be manually killed. This can place a heavy load on
the server that could eventually result in a server crash. |
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to Microsoft, by using an Office Application from a server-side
solution you are taking risks with the stability of your overall
solution. In addition, by using Office as a service component
on a network server you may reduce the stability of that machine,
and as a consequence, your network as a whole. See Microsoft
Knowledge Base article, " Considerations
for Server-Side Automation of Office (Q257757)". |
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The OfficeWriter DLLs can be
set to nothing in the ASP code. This kills the current process and releases
all resources.
Return to OfficeWriter
Versus Office on the Server. |
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| Why
Does Microsoft Discourage Use of Excel & Word on A Server? |
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OfficeWriter separates itself from
the competition by offering the ability to transform reports at runtime
as they are being created on the server. Maintain complete control of your
applications while allowing users to fully customize reports upon delivery.
Learn more about
programmatic control |
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