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value property (param)

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Specifies or returns the value of a run-time parameter specified by name.

The meaning of the value property depends on the value of the name property. The name property specifies the type of data.

Syntax:

object.value;

You can find the related objects in the Supported by objects section below.

This property is read/write.

HTML page for this property: value

Possible values:

String that sets or retrieves the value of the parameter.

Default: this property has no default value.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the value attribute:

Code

HelloWorld.java

<object type="application/x-java-applet" code="HelloWorld.class" width="200px" height="50px">
    <param name="codebase" value="/external/examples/common/java/" />
</object>

import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Color;

public class HelloWorld extends java.applet.Applet {
    public void init() {
    }
    public void paint(Graphics g) {
        Font font = new Font ("Arial", Font.BOLD, 22);
        g.setFont (font);
        g.setColor (Color.blue);
        g.drawString("Hello world!", 40, 30);
    }
}

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Example HTML code 2:

This example illustrates the use of the value property with Windows Media Player:

<head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function GetValue () {
            var paramTag = document.getElementById ("baseFolder");
            alert (paramTag.value);
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <object type="application/x-java-applet" code="HelloWorld.class" width="200px" height="50px">
        <param id="baseFolder" name="codebase" value="/external/examples/common/java/" />
    </object>

    <button onclick="GetValue ();">Get value of codebase parameter!</button>
</body>