Lire™ supports multiple report output formats. All reports are generated in a native XML format which can be transformed into different other output formats. The following formats are supported:
The default output format is ASCII. Simple text reports are best used for daily email reports.
Lire™ can generate HTML reports that can be viewed in any web browser. Those reports can include charts for easy overview.
To print the reports, Lire™ can generate Adobe PDF output. Like the HTML reports, those can include charts for easy overview.
For Microsoft platforms, Lire™ can generate reports in RTF format.
With the widespread availability of PDF viewers, this format is less interesting than the PDF format, but it is supported anyhow.
It may be dropped in future Lire™ releases.
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Alternatively to the HTML output format, some may prefer reports in the new XML based XHTML. Those can be viewed in recent web browsers like Mozilla. Like most of the other reports, XHTML can include charts for easy overview.
Lire™ can generate reports in the standard XML DTD DocBook. This intermediary format can be interesting for those who might want to customize the layouts of the reports. For example, one could generate reports in DocBook XML and use the company's stylesheets to print reports with the company's logo and standard report appearance.