You can specify the output builder in the RunReport.exe.config  file to set it globally for all reports. To do that set these properties:

• For PdfTron builder:

<WindwardReports>
 <add key="use.external.output.builder" value="on" />  
 <add key="output.builder" value="net.windward.env.PDFTronOutputBuilder" /> 
</WindwardReports> 

• For Microsoft Office PDF builder, you will need to supply the path to the "OfficeOutputBuilder.dll" file in the bin folder of your engine:

<WindwardReports>
 <add key="use.external.output.builder" value="on" />  
 <add key="output.builder" value="{Path_To_OfficeOutputBuilder.dll};OfficeOutputBuilder.WindwardOutputBuilder"
 />
</WindwardReports> 

(If you want to use the internal Windward PDF renderer, dont change the configurations)

You can also specify the PDF builder on a per request basis programmatically if you are using the .NET Engine API.

• For PdfTron builder:

Report report = new ReportPdf(...) 
...
report.OutputBuilder = new PDFTronOutputBuilder(); report.UseExternalOutputBuilder = true; 

• For Microsoft Office builder:

Report report = new ReportPdf(...) 
...
report.OutputBuilder = new OfficeOutputBuilder(); report.UseExternalOutputBuilder = true; 

You can specify the output builder in the WindwardReports.properties file to set it globally for all reports. To do that set these properties:

• For PdfTron builder:

use.external.output.builder=true
output.builder=net.windward.env.PDFTronOutputBuilder

• For Microsoft Office PDF builder, you will need the "OfficeToPdf.exe" file. To get this file please contact our support team at [email protected]. Once you have the file, enter the following values in the WinwardReports.properties file:

use.external.output.builder=true
OfficeToPdf.exe= "PATH_TO\\OfficeToPdf.exe"

(If you want to use the internal Windward PDF renderer, dont change the configurations)

You can also specify the PDF builder on a per request basis programmatically if you are using the Java Engine API.

• For PdfTron builder:

ProcessReport process = new ProcessPdf(...)
...
IOutputBuilderEngine builder = new PDFTronOutputBuilder();
process.setOutputBuilder(builder);
process.setUseExternalOutputBuilder(true);

• For Microsoft Office builder:

ProcessReport process = new ProcessPdf(...)
...
IOutputBuilderEngine builder = new OfficeOutputBuilder();
process.setOutputBuilder(builder);
process.setUseExternalOutputBuilder(true);