Workbench

The Niagara stack must be available to take full advantage of the presentation architecture. The desktop version of Workbench provides a stand alone application that can render Niagara presentations with their full power. With the WbProfile feature, new custom applications can easily be built using Workbench framework and its presentation engine.

Workbench applet

Workbench applet allows the full Niagara stack to be downloaded to a client machine using a web browser with the Java plug–in. Once loaded to the client, Workbench may be run as an applet within an HTML page. In this scenario, the presentation engine will be available with the full feature set. The WbProfile feature may be used to customize how Workbench is decorated inside the HTML page.

PDF

Adobe's PDF format is the standard way to export a presentation to be printed to paper. PDF provides explicit control for how a presentation is rendered on paper in various sizes. It is also a convenient file format for access via HTTP or email. The presentation architecture includes an engine for generating PDF files from Px files.

HTML

For the casual user where installing the Java plug–in or downloading Workbench is impractical, Niagara supports an engine for generating plain HTML pages from Px. A simple set of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript provide a web interface using common standards. This interface may also be used to support handheld devices and cell phones. Designers are limited to a subset of widgets when creating HTML presentations (the Px tools provide this support).