Platinum Edition Using HTML 4, XML, and Java 1.2
(Publisher: Macmillan Computer Publishing)
Author(s): Eric Ladd
ISBN: 078971759x
Publication Date: 11/01/98

Attributes:

The <PARAM> tag can take the following attributes:

•  ID—Assigns a unique identifying name to the parameter.

•  NAME—Provides the name of the parameter.

•  TYPE—Tells the browser what the parameter’s Internet media (MIME) type is.

•  VALUE—Specifies the value of the parameter.

•  VALUETYPE—Provides more detail about the nature of the VALUE being passed and can be set to DATA, REF, or OBJECT.

Example:

<APPLET WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=224 CODE= “test.class ALT= “Test applet “
   ALIGN= “TOP “ NAME= “test “ >
   <PARAM ID= “P1 “ NAME= “tolerance “ VALUE= “0.001 “ VALUETYPE= “DATA “>
   <PARAM ID= “P2” NAME= “pi “ VALUE= “3.14159 “ VALUETYPE= “DATA “>
...
</APPLET>

Related Tags:

<PARAM> tags can be used only between the <APPLET> and </APPLET> tags or between the <OBJECT> and </OBJECT> tags.

<OBJECT>

Type:

Container

Function:

Places an executable object on a page.

Syntax:

<OBJECT CLASSID= “implementation_info “ CODEBASE= “URL_of_object “
  CODETYPE= “MIME_type “ DATA= “URL_to_data “ TYPE= “data_MIME_type “
  ARCHIVE= “list_of_archives “ USEMAP= “map_name “ TABINDEX= “tab_position “
  STANDBY= “message_while_loading “ DECLARE
  ALIGN= “TEXTTOP|MIDDLE|TEXTMIDDLE|BASELINE|TEXTBOTTOM|LEFT|CENTER|RIGHT “
  WIDTH= “width_in_pixels_or_percentage “ NAME= “object_name “
  HEIGHT= “height_in_pixels_or_percentage “
  HSPACE= “pixels “ VSPACE= “pixels “ BORDER= “pixels “>
...
</OBJECT>

Attributes:

The <OBJECT> tag has an exhausting list of attributes, but many of them are the same as those for the <IMG> tag, so they are fairly easy to understand:

•  ALIGN—Controls how content adjacent to the object area is aligned. Note that this ALIGN attribute has many more possible values than ALIGN attributes for other tags.

•  WIDTH and HEIGHT—Specifies the dimensions of the object area as a number of pixels or as a percentage of available space.

•  BORDER—Set equal to the number of pixels that the border thickness should be.

•  HSPACE and VSPACE—Controls the amount of whitespace around the object area.

Additionally, <OBJECT> can take these attributes:

•  ARCHIVE—Set equal to a comma-delimited list of archive locations.

•  CLASSID—Identifies which implementation or release of the object you’re using.

•  CODEBASE—Set equal to the URL of the object.

•  CODETYPE—Describes the code’s MIME type.

•  DATA—Set equal to list of URLs where data for the object can be found.

•  DECLARE—Instructs the browser to declare, but not instantiate, a flag for the object.

•  STANDBY—Enables you to display a message to the user while the object is loading.

•  TYPE—Specifies the MIME type of the data passed to the object.

•  USEMAP—Points to client-side map data, if imagemaps are used.

Example:

<OBJECT WIDTH=100% HEIGHT=100 CODETYPE= “application/x-oleobject “
  CLASSID= “CLSID: 1A4DA620-6217-11CF-BE62-0080C72EDD2D “
  CODEBASE= “http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/iexplorer/marquee.ocx “
  HSPACE=5 VSPACE=10 ALIGN=MIDDLE BORDER=0>
  <PARAM NAME= “image “ VALUE= “greeting.gif “>
  <PARAM NAME= “speed “ VALUE= “7 “>
  <PARAM NAME= “repeat “ VALUE= “1 “>
...
</OBJECT>

Related Tags:

Parameters passed to the object are given by the <PARAM> tag.