Compare GroupDocs.Assembly for .NET with Windward for reporting and document generati

GroupDocs.Assembly for .NET was recently released with some new features like simplified API, more Microsoft Office and Open Office documents support, easier template syntax etc. We compared it with WindWard, which is a popular report generation engine. We are excited to announce that GroupDocs API excelled in the following areas.

• Less coding effort, only 2-3 lines of code is required to generate a report.
• Only one DLL is required, no need of Microsoft Office to be installed.
• Database, JSON and XML data sources are supported in both, but custom .NET objects can be used only in GroupDocs.
• Both GroupDocs and WindWard supports formulas and sequential data operations (filtering, ordering, grouping etc). With GroupDocs.Assembly, you can use type member invocation and built-in data relation functions.
• GroupDocs.Assembly really excels in supported document types. WindWard supports only popular Microsoft Office documents, whereas GroupDocs.Assembly can work with most Microsoft Office and Open Office documents. Below is the supported documents list
• Word processing documents: WindWard (DOCX, RTF, WordML). GroupDocs.Assembly (DOCX, DOCM, DOTX, DOTM, DOC, DOT, Flat OPC, RTF, WordML, ODT, OTT)
• Spreadsheet documents: WindWard (XLSX). GroupDocs.Assembly (XLSX, XLSM, XLTX, XLTM, XLSB, XLS, XLT, SpreadsheetML, ODS)
• Presentation documents: WindWard (PPTX), GroupDocs.Assembly (PPTX, PPTM, PPSX, PPSM, POTX, POTM, PPT, PPS, ODP)
Download the source code from GitHub and see the comparison program in action.
Overview: GroupDocs.Assembly for .NET
GroupDocs.Assembly for .NET engine is a set of document automation and reports generation APIs designed to create custom documents from templates. The .NET reporting engine intelligently assembles the given data with the defined template document, and generates output document based on the data source in the same format as of the template document format.

More about GroupDocs.Assembly for .NET
• Homepage of GroupDocs.Assembly for .NET: http://groupdocs.com/dot-net/document-assembly-library
• Download GroupDocs.Assembly for .NET: http://groupdocs.com/Community/files...t/default.aspx
• Online documentation of GroupDocs.Assembly for .NET: http://groupdocs.com/docs/display/assemblynet/Home
• Video Tutorials for GroupDocs.Assembly for .NET: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfK...GWFw/playlists
• Post your technical questions/queries to GroupDocs.Assembly for .NET Forums: http://groupdocs.com/Community/forum...showforum.aspx

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