SoftArtisans Support Services
SoftArtisans offers a number of different levels of support,
so that you can choose the services that best meet your needs.
Before submitting a support incident, please check our knowledge
base which answers many of our most common support issues.
For additional help you can refer to our wiki documentation which contains all of our recent product documentation.
Latest Software Version Numbers
SoftArtisans
Upgrade Policy
If you wish to submit a support request, and you already know
which level of support you are entitled to, use our web form
to submit an incident now.
Scope of support
Support Options
- Platinum, Gold & Silver Support Subscriptions.
Annual support subscriptions, which include product maintenance
(free major upgrades),and other special services, are the
best way to make sure your mission-critical applications
using SoftArtisans products are protected by fast, quality
priority support. For more information about the Platinum, Gold and Silver support
packages, see our support subscriptions
page.
- Annual support subscriptions, which include product maintenance
(free major upgrades),and other special services, are the
best way to make sure your mission-critical applications
using SoftArtisans products are protected by fast, quality
priority support.
- Annual Maintenance Plans.
Protect your software investments with annual maintenance
plans that offer guaranteed next-day support response and
major version upgrades. Annual
Maintenance is available for FileUp Professional, FileUp
Standard, XFile, SMTPmail and ImgWriter.
Support Hours are Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM,
U.S. Eastern Time (GMT-5 hours), except during national US
holidays.
For priority support incidents, please have your Order
Number available when placing your call or sending your
e-mail so we can confirm your purchase.
To contact our Technical Support:
- By telephone:
- Platinum and Gold support subscribers:
For all support issues, use the dedicated priority support
number provided in your support instructions.
- Silver support subscribers: When you wish to
activate one of your priority incidents, call the dedicated
number provided in your support instructions.
We are able to solve your problem more rapidly if you submit
the following information with your problem report:
1. |
Your
contact information and order number, if you have one. |
2. |
The
name of the SoftArtisans product (e.g., ExcelWriter, WordWriter,
FileUpEE) |
3. |
The
exact version number of our product. This should be the
complete build number for the dlls (or jar files for OfficeWriter
Java) rather than the installer package version number. |
4. |
Are
you using a full or evaluation version? |
5. |
The
exact version of the operating system and browser on client
machine(s), including service packs. |
6. |
If
this is an OfficeWriter issue, the version of Excel or
Word on the client machine. |
7. |
The
exact version of the operating system and IIS (or application
server for OfficeWriter Java) which are running on the
server, including service packs. |
8. |
The
code files (ASP, ASP.NET, servlets) that you are using
including both the form and the form processing code, if
they are in separate files. |
9. |
If
you have an OfficeWriter issue relating to opening and
modifying existing spreadsheets or documents, send the
input and output files. |
10. |
The
exact error message which is received. Screen shots can
be helpful. |
11. |
A description
of the exact nature of the problem, including exact steps
to reproduce the problem. |
12. |
Are
you running our samples or your own code? If our samples,
which ones? |
13. |
If
the problem only occurs in your own application (which
may be complex and have dependencies) please attempt to
send us a simple test application with the minimum amount
of code necessary to reproduce the problem. The easier
it is for us to reproduce the problem, the sooner we can
get it resolved. |
* Scope of Support:
SoftArtisans Support includes answering general technical questions
about the use of our products, and troubleshooting and resolving
problems relating to the use of our products. SoftArtisans
Support does not include in-depth assistance with architecting,
coding, debugging or configuring your specific application.
Such assistance IS readily available through our expert Consulting
Services |