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Windward Reports 4.1 released
Windward Studios® today announced the public availability of Windward Reports® 4.1. The new release introduces a .NET version of the reporting engine. The .NET engine is a 100% managed code product that is built from the same source code base as the java version. It is built using J# and requires .NET 2.0.
AutoTag has also been upgraded to use the new .NET engine as well as some other capability added in the .NET 2.0 runtime. AutoTag no longer requires any interop DLLs to run and is now also 100% managed code. AutoTag also no longer requires a report server to be running - it directly calls the new .NET engine.
Windward Reports 4.1 also now fully supports bi-directional languages (Hebew & Arabic).
Also the new version provides support for OLE objects. If an OLE object is displayed in the template, that image will be placed in the output report as a bitmap (except for the text format which does not allow images). Now reports can include the output from the Word equation editor, drawing program, or any other OLE enabled application.
Summary of Windward Reports 4.1’s New Capabilities
Version 4.1 adds the following significant features to Windward Reports:
* Engine available in a .NET version.
* AutoTag now uses the .NET engine so it no longer needs an instance of the java engine running.
* Full support for metafiles (wmf and emf).
* Will print embedded OLE objects in the report. OLE objects are converted to bitmaps in the output report.
* Full support for bi-directional languages (Hebrew & Arabic).
* Report now has a BaseDirectory property that sets the root directory for imported files that have a relative path.
Windward Reports works by merging any XML, SQL or custom data source—or any combination thereof—with a Microsoft Word report template. It feeds data into the template to create a what-you-see-is-what-you-get report that can be generated in PDF, .RTF, HTML, WordML, .XLS, SpreadsheetML, .TXT, or multipart-MIME-email format. Available as a Java library, Windward Reports runs as a standalone application or in an enterprise computing environment.
Windward Reports developer and production systems are available for purchase or free trial at http://www.windwardreports.com.
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