HTML5 is a popular new way of creating highly interactive and highly attractive charts directly in the browser. The HTML5 output format allows you to render a chart in the browser using a built-in JavaScript engine. Charts with this output format utilize the very latest capabilities of the HTML5 web standard, including animation, high quality vector output and attractive alpha-channel and gradient effects. The widely supported nature of this technology makes it ideal for rendering on tablets and other mobile devices. WebFOCUS 8 features an entirely new HTML5 chart engine (ARGRAPHENGINE = JSCHART). These charts will work in both connected and disconnected mode.

The ARGRAPHENGINE = FUSION setting is the default for the output format type FLEX created in the reporting tools, including InfoAssist. When this is set in AHTML, it uses the current Flash charts, by default, on browsers with Adobe® Flash® Player that may not support the functionality in these JavaScript charts, such as older releases of Internet Explorer®. These charts will automatically switch to the AHTML JavaScript charts on browsers that do not support Adobe Flash Player, such as Safari® on the iPad.