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Registry Settings

To change an OfficeWriter Designer registry key value:

  1. Open the Start menu and select Run.
  2. Enter regedit and click Ok.
  3. Open the folder HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SoftArtisans\OfficeWriter\Designer.
  4. Double-click the key you want to update. A dialog will open.
  5. In the Value Data field, enter a new value for the key.

Key Type Value Description
Toolbar Caption Style REG_DWORD 1 - Icon only
2 - Caption only
3 - Icon and caption (default)
Enable MSQuery REG_DWORD 0 (default) - Disable 'Add Query', 'Edit Query' and 'Delete Query' buttons.
1 - Enable 'Add Query', 'Edit Query' and 'Delete Query' buttons.
Always Ask Param Values REG_DWORD 0 - Don't ask for parameter values in reports with parameters if valid default values are specified in the RDL file.
1 (default) - Always ask for parameter values in reports with parameters, even if valid default values are specified in the RDL file.
Excel AddIn Default Renderer REG_SZ Rendering extension used for viewing report without template in Excel Add-In. "EXCEL" is default.
Word AddIn Default Renderer REG_SZ Rendering extension used for viewing report without template in Word Add-In. "HTML4.0" is default.
Debug REG_SZ "True" - Enables SOAP request and response dump to c:\temp\PayloadDump.xml and c:\temp\ResponseDump.xml correspondingly.
"False" (default) - Disables SOAP request and response dump.
No Overwrite Prompt REG_DWORD 1 - Don't prompt to overwrite RDL file in Save As dialog.
0 (default) - Prompt to overwrite RDL file in Save As dialog.
Validate Fields REG_DWORD 1 - Validate that each template data field has a field in the data source that binds to it. Generates error on "Save" on the client instead of error on "View" on the server.
0 (default) - Don't validate that each template data field has a field in the data source that binds to it.
Hide Enterprise Features REG_DWORD 1 - Hides Insert Formula drop-down.
0 (default) - Shows Insert Formula drop-down
No Enterprise Features Warning REG_DWORD 1 - Disables Enterprise Feature warning.
0 (default) - Enables Enterprise Feature warning.
Help File Path REG_SZ Path to chm file.
SamplesDir REG_SZ Path to the root or samples (RDL) directory.
InstallDir REG_SZ Path to install directory.
WordUseOpenFileMRU REG_DWORD 0 - Use SampleDir once, then switch to 1
1 - Use last opened dir
2 - Always use SampleDir
ExcelUseOpenFileMRU REG_DWORD 0 - Use SampleDir once, then switch to 1
1 - Use last opened dir
2 - Always use SampleDir
ServerMRU Subkey Keeps a list of most recently used (MRU) servers.

To change an OfficeWriter ServerMRU (most recently used servers) registry key value:

  1. Open the Start menu and select Run.
  2. Enter regedit and click Ok.
  3. Open the folder HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SoftArtisans\OfficeWriter\Designer\ServerMRU.
  4. Double click the key you want to update. An dialog will open.
  5. In the Value Data field, enter a new value for the key.

Key Type Value Value Description
Maximum Entries REG_DWORD optional,
default - 10		 Maximum entries in MRU list. Entries at the bottom of the list are removed to accomodate new server URLs.
MRU# REG_SZ Server URL (full) http://<servername>/ReportServer



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