Elixir Report Designer supports a wide range of output formats, including vector-based formats such as Glint and PDF, bitmap formats, including PNG and JPEG as well as structured text formats such as XML, CSV and HTML.

Rendering is controlled by the Render Wizard, which can be invoked from the Layout tab of the Designer or from the popup menu of a report template in the Repository. The wizard appears as shown in Figure 5.1, “Render Wizard” Start by selecting the desired output format from the first screen. By default the Launch Viewer check box is selected. You may have to configure the appropriate viewer for certain output types by editing config/mailcap.txt. To save the file to the disk select the Save to Disk check box and enter the save location in the text field. Alternatively, by clicking the button on the right of the text field the location can be selected from a Save dialog.

Figure 5.1. Render Wizard

Each output type has different parameters that can control the rendering process. Clicking Next will take you to a different page depending on your choice of output type. Any values you set for a particular output type will be stored and recalled each time you re-render the same report. If you have set the values, or are happy with the defaults, just click Finish on the first page, there's no need to advance to the next.