Using the Default Sheet

Use the Default sheet of the Report Properties dialog to set default options for the output of your report.

The Default sheet provides options for setting the default output type for your report, particularly for reports that are run programmatically; that is, from a Jade application. You can also set the default output file name and location.

To change the default output options for your report

  1. Click the Default tab of the Report Properties dialog. The Default sheet, shown in the following image, is then displayed.

  2. In the Default Output Type group box, select a default output type for the report.

    When the report is extracted or run from an application, the output type defaults to the option that you select.

    Output type options for your report are as follows.

    • Printer

    • HTML (HyperText Markup Language)

    • Delimiter-separated file

    • Text

    • RTF (Rich Text Format)

    • XML (Extensible Markup Language)

    The Output sheet of the Report Formats dialog enables you to set options relating to each extract file format.

  3. In the Output File Name text box, specify the default file name and file location path for the report output. This path must visible when the report is run.

  4. To specify that the output file location path and file name in the Output File Name text box is specified from the perspective of the local (client) workstation, check the Use Client File System check box.

    If you do not check this box, the output file path and file name is treated as specified from the perspective of the application server. By default, the output file uses the file system of the client workstation.

    The application server executes Jade application logic in Jade thin client mode. It communicates with the Jade database on the server node and one or many presentation (thin) clients; that is, local client workstations.

  5. To use UTF-8 BOM encoding in the output report file, check the Use UTF-8 file encoding check box. If you do not check this check box, the report file is output in native ANSI or Unicode format.

    This check box is disabled if you select the Printer or RTF option button, earlier in this instruction.

  6. Click another tab if you want to make changes on other sheets of the Report Properties dialog.

  7. Click the Apply button to apply the changes that you have made or click the Close button to close the Report Properties dialog.

    To save the recent changes when you close the dialog, you must click the Apply button immediately prior to closing the dialog. To abandon any changes that you have made but not applied, do not click the Apply button immediately prior to clicking the Close button.