language property

[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]

Sets or retrieves the language in which the current script is written.

Syntax

HRESULT value = object.put_language(BSTR v);HRESULT value = object.get_language(BSTR* p);

Property values

Type: BSTR

JScript

Language is JScript.

javascript

Script is JavaScript.

vbs

Language is VBScript.

vbscript

Script is VBScript.

XML

Script is XML.

language

Browser-supported language.

Standards information

• HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 18.2.1 (Deprecated)

Remarks

The language property can refer to any scripting language.

In Windows Internet Explorer, the default scripting engine is JScript.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 ships with scripting engines for JScript and VBScript.

In Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, the LANGUAGE attribute of the script element can be set to XML.

Build date: 1/26/2012