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Sets or retrieves the value of an input parameter for an element.

Syntax

HTML	<PARAM VALUE = p... >
Scripting	[ p = ] PARAM.value [ = v ]

Possible Values

p	String that specifies or receives the value passed to an applet, embed, or object element.

The property is read/write. The property has no default value.

Remarks

In Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 and later, value is an attribute of param. Beginning in Internet Explorer 6, value is a read/write property.

Example

The following example shows how to use the param element to specify a run-time parameter for the object specified by the object element. A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is specified for the Microsoft Windows Media Player control.

<OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95">
<PARAM NAME="FileName" 
VALUE="http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/behaviors/media/28movie.asf"
VALUETYPE="ref" TYPE="video/*"/>
</OBJECT>

Standards Information

This property is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

PARAM

See Also

Binding HTML Elements to Data, Introduction to Data Binding