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valueType property (param)

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Specifies or returns the type of the object that is set with the value property.

Syntax:

object.valueType;

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

This property is read/write.

HTML page for this property: valueType

Possible values:

String that sets or retrieves the type of the data.

One of the following values:

data

Default. The contents of the value property is a string.

object

The contents of the value property is an identifier.

ref

The contents of the value property is a URI. The MIME type of the resource designated by the value property can be specified with the type property.

Default: data.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the valueType attribute with Windows Media Player:

<object type="application/x-mplayer2" data="testVideo.wmv" width="320px" height="286px">
    <param name="src" value="testVideo.wmv" valuetype="ref" type="video/x-ms-wmv" />
</object>

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Example HTML code 2:

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

<head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function GetValueType () {
            var videoFile = document.getElementById ("videoFile");
            alert (videoFile.valueType);
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <object type="application/x-mplayer2" data="testVideo.wmv" width="320px" height="286px">
        <param id="videoFile" name="src" value="testVideo.wmv" valuetype="ref" type="video/x-ms-wmv" />
    </object>

    <button onclick="GetValueType ();">Get the valueType of the parameter!</button>
</body>