Windward Studios Announces Windward Reports 3.0

Windward Studios Announces Windward Reports 3.0

Windward Studios announced Windward Reports 3.0, a J2EE reportengine that uses Microsoft Word as its layout tool.

 Windward Reportsworks by merging any XML, SQL, or custom data source with a Word report template.It feeds data into the template to create a WYSIWYG report that can begenerated in PDF, .RTF, HTML, .TXT, or multipart-MIME-e-mail format. Availableas a Java library, Windward Reports runs as a standalone application or in anenterprise computing environment.

 User applicationsinclude financial statements, inventory reports, product-usage reports,purchase orders, invoices, training certificates, timesheets, and licenses. Otherapplications include reporting to meet requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley, PatriotAct, HIPAA, Health Level Seven, Gramm-Leach-Blailey, Basel II, and other USand international acts and accords affecting financial services, real estate,government, and insurance industries.

 With version 3.0,Windward Reports is now available for use in .NET programs. WindwardReports runs as a server, providing reports to .NET clients via a client APIthat communicates with the server over the network. The client iswritten in C# but can be accessed with any .NET language.

 New to Windward Reports3.0 is the AutoTag feature, an add-in for Word that simplifies data layout anddata-source mapping. AutoTag integrates as a pull-down menu item in Word, andautomates data-source mapping, database connection, and tag editing. Inaddition, AutoTag reduces the size of tags on the template page.

Windward Studios

Price: Startsat US$179

Web Site: http://www.windwardstudios.com