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I’ve designed a report in VS.NET and it looks fine in PDF and HTML. What happens when my users try to view it with the OfficeWriter Rendering Extensions?

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I’ve designed a report in VS.NET and it looks fine in PDF and HTML. What happens when my users try to view it with the OfficeWriter Rendering Extensions?

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An error will occur at render-time. The OfficeWriter Rendering Extensions can only be called to render reports created with the OfficeWriter Designer. This is due to the fact that the “template-behind” required to publish the report must be embedded at design-time by means of the OfficeWriter Designer. • How can I tell if a report has been generated from SoftArtisans OfficeWriter? Check for the presence of a tag in the section of the RDL file. When the “Excel designed by OfficeWriter” or “Word designed by OfficeWriter” custom extension is called on the Report Server, this tag is located and the report is hydrated with data. If the custom tag contains a base64-encoded template, you can assume it’s a SoftArtisans RDL. • Can I create a single RDL file that includes both an Excel and Word template? With OfficeWriter V3.5 and SQL Server Reporting Services 2005, you can now embed both an Excel and Word template into a single RDL file. Simply use the OfficeWriter De