File Writers

Select this folder to edit file write preferences and properties. Available file writer types and their editable properties are shown in the following tables. For more information on writing data of various types, see Importing and Exporting Data.

ASCII text

The ASCII text File Writer properties are:

Table 6-16: ASCII Text File Writer Properties
Property	Control Type: Values
Separator	Enter a value. Default = None
Use default format	Boolean: Use default format? Choose True or False. Default = True
Format string	Number: Enter a number to change the value. Default = `G9.2`

Binary data

The Binary data File Writer properties are:

Table 6-17: Binary Data File Writer Properties
Property	Control Type: Values
Byte ordering	String List: Byte ordering type. Select from the list. Choose between these values: Native Little endian Big endian Default = Native

Encapsulated Postscript

The Encapsulated Postscript File Writer properties are:

Table 6-18: Encapsulated Postscript File Writer Properties
Property	Control Type: Values
Graphics format	Bitmap or Vector: Render graphics using bitmap or vector output Note - Only a Window or View can be exported to EPS.
Color model	RGB or CMYK
ISOLatin1	Boolean: Use ISOLatin1 encoding for fonts that support this encoding? (ISOLatin1 encoding allows access to many commonly-used foreign characters.) Choose True or False. Default = True

Graphics Interchange Format

The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) File Writer properties are:

Table 6-19: GIF File Writer Properties
Property	Control Type: Values
None	The Graphics Interchange Format File Writer has no configurable properties other than Name and Description.

iTools State

The iTools State File Writer properties are:

Table 6-20: iTools State File Writer Properties
Property	Control Type: Values
None	The iTool State File Writer has no configurable properties other than Name and Description.

Joint Photographic Experts Group

The Joint Photographic Experts Group File Writer properties are:

Table 6-21: Joint Photographic Experts Group File Writer Properties
Property	Control Type: Values
Color	String List: Select a depth from the list. Choose between these values: TrueColor Grayscale Default = TrueColor
Quality	Number: Factor from 0 - 100 determining the level of quality. Move slider to change the level. Default = `75`

JPEG2000

The JPEG2000 File Writer properties are:

Table 6-22: JPEG2000 File Writer Properties
Property	Control Type: Values
Reversible	Boolean: Use reversible (lossless) compression.
Wavelet levels	Number: The number of wavelet decomposition levels, or stages, in the range of 0...15. Higher values take longer to store and read, but may give better compression. The default is 5.
Quality layers	Number: A positive integer specifying the number of quality layers. Each layer contains the information required to represent the image at a higher quality, given the information from all the previous layers. A larger number of layers takes longer to encode and produces a larger file, but provides more flexibility when decoding.

Macintosh PICT

The Macintosh PICT File Writer properties are:

Table 6-23: Macintosh PICT File Writer Properties
Property	Control Type: Values
None	The Macintosh PICT File Writer has no configurable properties other than Name and Description.

Portable Network Graphics

The Portable Network Graphics File Writer properties are:

Table 6-24: Portable Network Graphics File Writer Properties
Property	Control Type: Values
Bit depth	String List: Bit depth in bits. Select a depth from the list. Choose between these values: Automatic 8 bit 24 bit Default = Automatic

Tag Image File Format

The Tag Image File Format File Writer properties are:

Table 6-25: Tag Image File Format File Writer Properties
Property	Control Type: Values
Bit depth	String List: Bit depth in bits. Select a depth from the list. Choose between these values: Automatic 8 bit 24 bit Default = Automatic
Compression	String List: Compression type. Select a type from the list. Choose between these values: None Packbits JPEG Default = None

Windows Bitmap

The Windows Bitmap File Writer properties are:

Table 6-26: Windows Bitmap File Writer Properties
Property	Control Type: Values
Bit depth	String List: Bit depth in bits. Select a depth from the list. Choose between these values: Automatic 8 bit 24 bit Default = Automatic

Windows Enhanced Metafile

The Windows Enhanced Metafile File Writer properties are:

Table 6-27: Windows Enhanced Metafile File Writer Properties
Property	Control Type: Values
Graphics format	Bitmap or Vector: Render graphics using bitmap or vector output Note - Only a Window or View can be exported to EMF.