Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Name

param

Synopsis

<param />

Supplies a parameter within an applet or object element. A parameter is information required by the applet or media object at runtime.

Attributes

id=" text "

Provides a name (similar to the name attribute) so it can be referenced from a link, script, or style sheet. It is more versatile than name, but it is not as universally supported.

name=" text "

Required. Defines the name of the parameter.

type=" content type "

HTML 4.01. Specifies the media type of the resource only when the valuetype attribute is set to ref. It describes the types of values found at the referred location.

value=" text "

Defines the value of the parameter.

valuetype="data|ref|object"

Indicates the type of value: data indicates that the parameter’s value is data (default); ref indicates that the parameter’s value is a URL; object indicates that the value is the URL of another object in the document.