| param | NN 6 IE 5 DOM 1 | |||
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The param object reflects the param element, which passes variable values to ActiveX objects (IE/Windows only), Java applets, and some plugins. Such programs are written to read parameter name/value pairs during initialization so the values are ready to go when the program starts (e.g., the URL of a sound file). IE for Windows commonly assigns a full suite of parameters to some ActiveX controls, even though only a handful might be explicitly defined in the source code. Although properties are read/write, assigning new values after the page has loaded does not convey the new values to the external program. |
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| HTML Equivalent | ||||
<param> |
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[window.]document.getElementById("elementID")
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| Object-Specific Methods | ||||
None. |
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| Object-Specific Event Handler Properties | ||||
None. |
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| name | NN 6 IE 5 DOM 1 |
| Read/Write | |
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This is the name of the external program's parameter to which a value in the param element applies. |
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| Example | |
var pName = document.getElementById("audioParam2").name;
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| Value | |
String. |
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| Default | |
None. |
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| type | NN 6 IE 5 DOM 1 |
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Provides the MIME type for a param element with a valuetype attribute set to "ref". |
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| Example | |
if (document.getElementById("myParam").valueType == "ref") {
var pType = document.getElementById("myParam").type;
}
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| Value | |
Case-insensitive MIME type as string. A catalog of registered MIME types is available from ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/. |
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| Default | |
None. |
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| value | NN 6 IE 5(Mac)/6(Win) DOM 1 |
| Read/Write | |
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Indicates the string value assigned to a named parameter for the external program. |
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| Example | |
var pVal = document.getElementById("volumeParam").value;
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| Value | |
String. |
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| Default | |
None. |
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| valueType | NN 6 IE 5(Mac)/6(Win) DOM 1 |
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Indicates the string classification of the parameter set by the element. |
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| Example | |
var pValType = document.getElementById("volumeParam").valueType;
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| Value | |
String constant: data | object | ref. |
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| Default | |
data |
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