value attribute | value property

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

Syntax

HTML	`<element value="p" ... >`
JavaScript	`p = object.value`

Property values

Type: String

the value passed to an applet, embed, or object element.

Standards information

Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 2.5.5

Remarks

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

Examples

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 URI is specified for the Windows Media Player control.

JavaScript


<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>