New in ExcelWriter Version 4

• HotCell Technology allows you to update a server-side data source directly from client-side Microsoft Excel.



• ExcelWriter now includes ExcelWriter Assistant (XLWAssis.cab) which provides an upload/download control - make your Excel downloads and uploads painless and error-free.*



• AnsiToUnicode and UnicodeToAnsi methods provide improved support for heterogeneous language environments.



• Improved ADO.NET support - you can now pass an ADO.NET DataSet containing a single table directly to ExcelApplication's GetDataFromDataSet method or ExcelTemplate's DataSource property. *



• New Save parameter allows you to pass an ExcelApplication object to ExcelTemplate.*



• Template Data Marker Modifiers provide new display options and allow you to include a data marker that is not bound to a data source without producing an error.



• Font and format optimization reduces the size of generated spreadsheets, improves performance, and prevents exceeding Excel's limits.



• String optimization reduces spreadsheet size and improves perfomance.



• ExcelApplication's ContentType property allows you to set the content type of the generated spreadsheet.



• ExcelTemplate SpreadsheetsCreatedToday property.



• Cell.ClearContents method deletes cell formulas and values.*



• Worksheet.Copy method creates a copy of the specified worksheet.*

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