January 2003
Beginner to intermediate
1200 pages
23h 42m
English
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Creating VML Documents
In Internet Explorer, VML is embedded in HTML documents. You start by declaring this namespace, v:
<HTML xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml">
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You must also instantiate the VML engine, which is implemented as an Internet Explorer behavior. To implement this behavior, you use a <STYLE> element, connecting the v namespace to the VML default behavior:
<HTML xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml">
<HEAD>
<TITLE>
Using Vector Markup Language
</TITLE>
<STYLE>
v\:* {behavior: url(#default#VML);}
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
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This indicates to Internet Explorer that the VML in the page should be handled by the VML engine. Now you can add VML elements such as <oval> if you use the proper namespace, v:
<HTML xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml"> ...