
The Complete Idiot's HTML Tag Reference
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<PARAM>
Specifies a parameter to use with the <APPLET> tag or the <OBJECT> tag.
Support:
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Attributes:
- ID
= "Text"
An alphanumeric string that uniquely identifies the tag.
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Support:
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HTML Standard | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator |
4.0 and later |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Notes:
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Although you can use letters and numbers for the ID, the first character must be a letter.
- NAME
= "Text"
(Required)
The name of the parameter.
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Support:
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HTML Standard | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator |
3.2 and later |
3.0 and later |
2.0 and later |
Notes:
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The NAME attribute enables the applet to work with this parameter.
- TYPE
= "Text"
The content type of the VALUE attribute.
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Support:
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HTML Standard | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator |
4.0 and later |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Notes:
- VALUE
= "Text"
The initial value assigned to the parameter.
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Support:
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HTML Standard | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator |
3.2 and later |
3.0 and later |
2.0 and later |
- VALUETYPE
= "Text"
The type of data specified by the VALUE attribute.
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Support:
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HTML Standard | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator |
4.0 and later |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Notes:
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Possible values: DATA (this is the default), REF (a URL that specifies a location where runtime values are stored), or OBJECT (an object on the page that contains the values).
Example:
<APPLET CODE="JavaJump.class" WIDTH=250 HEIGHT=32>
<PARAM NAME="bgcolor" VALUE="0,0,0">
<PARAM NAME="pages" VALUE="3">
<PARAM NAME="url1" VALUE="Idiot's Guide to HTML;http://www.mcfedries.com/books/cightml">
<PARAM NAME="url2" VALUE="Paul McFedries' Web Home;http://www.mcfedries.com/">
<PARAM NAME="url3" VALUE="Gamelan (Java Applets);http://www.gamelan.com/">
</APPLET>
How It Looks:
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