Installing SoftArtisans ExcelWriter

• Automatic Installation
• Upgrading from Another Version
• Manual Installation

Automatic Installation

Double-click ExcelWriter.exe, and follow the Microsoft Installer (MSI) instructions. Automatic installation will,

• Unpack ExcelWriter files to c:\program files\softartisans\ExcelWriter, or a location you selected during installation
• Register saexcel.dll
• Create a virtual directory called ExcelWriter, containing documentation and samples

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Upgrading from Another Version

Before installing a new version of ExcelWriter, remove the old version. If ExcelWriter was installed with the auto installer, use the Windows program "Add/Remove Programs" to unregister and remove ExcelWriter and all of its associated documentation and samples. If saexcel.dll was copied to the server and manually registered with REGSVR32, unregister the dll prior to removing it; at the command prompt enter "regsvr32 path\saexcel.dll /u".

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Manual Installation

To manually install ExcelWriter, you must first run the automatic installation (described above) to unpack the files. Once the files are unpacked, if you move ExcelWriter to a new server, you can run either the automatic or manual installation.

1. Copy saexcel.dll to any stable directory on your web server. For example, to copy saexcel to c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv, at the command prompt, type,
   "copy saexcel.dll c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv"
   
   
2. Manually register saexcel.dll, as follows.
   
   
   1. To stop the web server, open a DOS window, and enter,
      "net stop iisadmin /y"
   
   
   
   2. To register saexcel.dll, enter,
      "regsvr32 path\saexcel.dll"
   
   
   
   3. To restart the web server, enter,
      "net start w3svc"
   
   
   
   4. Optional: If you want to restart FTP and SMTP services, use the following commands.
      "net start msftpsvc"
      "net start smtpsvc"
      
   
   
3. The ExcelWriter documentation is available online at http://demo.softartisans.com/Excelwriter/default.asp. To install the documentation on your machine, create a virtual directory called ExcelWriter, and map it to the Doc-Samples directory, as follows.
   
   
   1. Open the Internet Services Manager.
   2. Right-click Default Web Site.
   3. Select New -> Virtual Directory. The Virtual Directory Creation Wizard will open.
   4. Click Next.
   5. Enter ExcelWriter as the alias for your virtual directory, and click Next. Note: You may use a different alias, but you will need to change the contents of the global.asa file. To do this, Open doc-samples\global.asa, and change

      		Application("vroot") = "/ExcelWriter/"
      		

      to,

      		Application("vroot") = "/YourAlias/"
      		

   6. Browse to ExcelWriter's Doc-Samples directory and click next. Unless you selected a different directory during installation, you will find Doc-Samples in C:\Program Files\Software Artisans\ExcelWriter.
   7. Check Read, Run, and Browse, and click next.
   8. Click Finish.
   
   
   

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