PARAM Element | param Object

Sets the initial value of a property for an APPLET, EMBED, or OBJECT element.

Members Table

Attribute	Property	Description
DATAFLD		Sets the field of a given data source for data binding.
DATAFORMATAS		Sets whether data supplied to the object should be rendered as text or HTML.
DATASRC		Sets the source of the data for data binding.
NAME	name	Sets or retrieves the name of an input parameter for an element.
TYPE	type	Sets or retrieves the content type of the resource designated by the value attribute.
VALUE	value	Sets or retrieves the value of an input parameter for an element.
VALUETYPE	valueType	Sets or retrieves the data type of the value attribute.

Remarks

The PARAM element is valid within the APPLET, EMBED, and OBJECT elements.

Note Properties set by a PARAM element cannot be altered by changing the PARAM object.

After the APPLET, EMBED, or OBJECT element is instantiated, the property set by the PARAM element cannot be changed with the param object. To change the object's properties, use the script properties exposed by the object.

This element is available in HTML as of Internet Explorer 3.0.

This element is not rendered.

This element does not require a closing tag.

Example

This example displays the Internet Explorer Data Binding component's outerHTML so you can view the properties assigned by the PARAM elements. You can perform this check to gather information when debugging an OBJECT element's properties. You cannot edit the object's outerHTML property without reintializing the outerHTML object.

// The OBJECT CLASSID below is for the 
// Microsoft Internet Explorer Data Binding component

// Use just the following HTML and press the button
<OBJECT                 
 ID=tdcContents
 CLASSID="clsid:333C7BC4-460F-11D0-BC04-0080C7055A83">
  <PARAM NAME="DataURL" VALUE="DataBinding.csv">								  
</OBJECT>
<BUTTON onclick="oTxt.value=tdcContents.outerHTML">
Show Object outerHTML</BUTTON><BR/>
<TEXTAREA ID="oTxt"  STYLE="height:400; width:450;padding:3; overflow=auto;"> </TEXTAREA>



//When the button is pressed the complete list of the object's
// PARAM elements display unformatted in the TEXTAREA as follows:
 
<OBJECT id=tdcContents classid=clsid:333C7BC4-460F-11D0-BC04-0080C7055A83>
<PARAM NAME="RowDelim" VALUE="&#10;"><PARAM NAME="FieldDelim" VALUE=",">
<PARAM NAME="TextQualifier" VALUE='"'><PARAM NAME="EscapeChar" VALUE="">
<PARAM NAME="UseHeader" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="SortAscending" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="SortColumn" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="FilterValue" VALUE="">
<PARAM NAME="FilterCriterion" VALUE="??"><PARAM NAME="FilterColumn" VALUE="">
<PARAM NAME="CharSet" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="Language" VALUE="">
<PARAM NAME="CaseSensitive" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="Sort" VALUE="">
<PARAM NAME="Filter" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="AppendData" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="DataURL" VALUE="DataBinding.csv">
<PARAM NAME="ReadyState" VALUE="4">
</OBJECT>

Standards Information

This object is defined in HTML 4.0 and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

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PARAM Element | param Object