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Put the Power of FormWeaver inside your next
Windows Application or .Net Component!

We created FormWeaver because we needed an easy way to generate high quality dynamic reports and images inside Windows applications and websites. We needed to be able to weave dynamic data into high quality desktop published forms and images. We also wanted a completely standalone engine that could be linked into Windows executables and DLLs without the bulk and cost of large graphics engines.

We wanted something that was small and fast. The simple task was to weave dynamic data into high quality forms and images. Out of that set of requirements, FormWeaver was born.

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With FormWeaver You Can...

Produce Desktop Published Forms

Add high quality forms and images to your Windows Applications and .Net Web Components. Display data and results with desktop published quality. The simplicity and speed of FormWeaver can save you time and money. Best of all, you can give your software a polished look that will dazzle and impress your users.

We used FormWeaver to generate all of the reports in our popular personal financial program, Principal Plan. Download a trial of Principal Plan and see how we used FormWeaver to bring powerful desktop published reports to a standalone Windows Application.

Code for this MFC Document/View Application is included in the Free Demo. Click here to download.

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Create .Net Formlets

Create fully encapsulated Formlets, which are simple .Net image or form components that can be dropped into any .Net application. Formlets dynamcially weave data (text, tables, images) with forms and images that can be included in a stand-alone application or viewed on a browser. They can be rendered directly using GDI or delivered to a browser as bitmaps or *PDFs.

Need a solution fast? Let North Coast Idea Company fabricate a custom Formlet for you! Send us your specs and we'll spin up a demo for you.

Check out a LIVE Formlet right now!

Enter a caption and see a dynamically generated image. Notice that the text is actually woven into the image, not just slapped on top.



Code for this Formlet is included in the Free Demo. Click here to download.

*PDF generation requires a PDF print driver on the server. We recommend Dane Prairie's excellent WIN2PDF driver.

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Create Exciting Graphical User Interfaces

Create Interesting User Interfaces without having to program the layout. Draw the layout in PowerPoint, or CorelDRAW! and let FormWeaver "weave" your controls into the image.

Code for this MFC Application is included in the Free Demo. Click here to download.

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Features and Benefits

Feature Benefit
Image templates can be embedded in your binaries as native Windows Metafile resources. Small, fast code that isn't dependent on additional dlls.
FormWeaver Engine provided as small, statically linked C++ library. Link directly into your code to ease deployment of your applications.
Built in methods for inserting dynamic text, radio buttons, checkboxes and tables. No need to write GDI code for most form elements. (Direct GDI calls also supported).
FormWeaver Workshop works with any OLE compliant draw program. No need to learn a new drawing tool. Get all the power of the great tools already available on the market.
FormWeaver Workshop automatically extracts metafiles and generates field tokens. Edit image templates, save and rebuild code without having to recode anything.
Product is licensed per developer workstation. FormWeaver can be included in projects and distributed royalty-free.

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FormWeaver Workshop makes it easy to edit images and forms!

The product includes FormWeaver Workshop, a visual tool that works with your favorite drawing application to create high quality images. FormWeaver Workshop documents encapsulate your images and let you tag rectangles so you can refer to them at runtime.

When you save the document, FormWeaver Workshop extracts the image and creates a header file that you can compile with. All you have to do is include the WMF as a resource in your module and refer to the rectangles using the tokens you defined.

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Click here to download Demo

The Demo includes 3 Visual C++ projects linked to the FormWeaver Engine, FormWeaver Workshop and the FormWeaver Documentation. In Demo Mode, the library prints a hairline crisscross over the images, the registered version does not.

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Purchase Information

FormWeaver Engine can be linked into your code and distributed royalty free. The static libraries and developer tools are licensed per workstation. Your organization needs a license that covers each workstation that will compile with our headers, link to our libraries or run the FormWeaver Workshop application.

FormWeaver is available directly from North Coast Idea Company.

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We also provide multi-user licenses for larger development teams and can work with companies requiring flexible licensing for complex, distributed development environments. E-mail us at sales@ncidea.com to inquire about purchasing multi-user licenses.