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standby attribute (applet, object)

Browser support:
Specifies a text message that will be displayed while the object is loading.
Current browsers do not display the standby message.
JavaScript page for this attribute: standby. You can find other example(s) there.

Possible values:

String that sets the standBy message.
Default: this attribute has no default value.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the standby attribute with Macromedia Flash Player.
It clearly focuses on cross-browser support only, and it isn’t standards-compliant, but there isn't any standards-compliant cross-browser way to embed a Flash application into a document with Flash Player detection.
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="300" height="120" 
        codebase="http://fpdownload.adobe.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0"
        standby="Loading flash movie">
    <param name="movie" value="flash.swf" />
    <!-- Optional params -->
    <param name="play" value="true" />
    <param name="loop" value="true" />
    <param name="quality" value="high" />
    <!-- END Optional -->
    <embed src="flash.swf" width="300" height="120" play="true" 
        loop="true" quality="high" 
        pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" /> 
</object>
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