<OBJECT...>
ACCESSKEY
="Shortcut Key"
ALIGN
="left|right|top|texttop|middle|absmiddle|baseline|bottom|absbottom"
BORDER
="Pixels"
CLASS
="Style Sheet Class"
CLASSID
="GUID of Embedded Object"
CODE
="Implementation Code"
CODEBASE
="URL of Object Handler"
DATA
="Implementation Data"
DATAFLD
="Data Source Column Name"
DATASRC
="Data Source Identifier"
HEIGHT
="Pixels|Percentage"
HSPACE
="Pixels"
ID
="Unique Identifier"
LANG
="Language descriptor"
LANGUAGE
="Scripting Language descriptor"
NAME
="Element Identifier"
STYLE
="Style Sheet Setting"
TABINDEX
="Tab-order Index"
TITLE
="Title of element"
TYPE
="MIME type"
VSPACE
="Pixels"
WIDTH
="Pixels|Percentage"
onClick
="Script Function"
onDblClick
="Script Function"
onDragStart
="Script Function"
onFilterChange
="Script Function"
onHelp
="Script Function"
onKeyDown
="Script Function"
onKeyPress
="Script Function"
onKeyUp
="Script Function"
onMouseDown
="Script Function"
onMouseMove
="Script Function"
onMouseOut
="Script Function"
onMouseOver
="Script Function"
onMouseUp
="Script Function"
onSelectStart
="Script Function"
onAfterUpdate
="Script Function"
onBeforeUpdate
="Script Function"
onBlur
="Script Function"
onDataAvailable
="Script Function"
onDataSetChanged
="Script Function"
onDataSetComplete
="Script Function"
onError
="Script Function"
onErrorUpdate
="Script Function"
onFocus
="Script Function"
onLoad
="Script Function"
onReadyStateChange
="Script Function"
onResize
="Script Function"
onRowEnter
="Script Function"
onRowExit
="Script Function"
>
...
</OBJECT>
Embeds an object within the document. <OBJECT>
was first introduced by Internet Explorer to include ActiveX controls in a document, though has been extended to support embedding of almost all media types.
Attribute | Description |
ACCESSKEY |
Specifies a key that can be used as a shortcut to access the element. Pressing 'Alt' and the key specified in the ACCESSKEY attribute is the same as clicking on the element. |
ALIGN |
Specifies the alignment of the embedded object. |
BORDER |
Sets the width of the embedded objects border. |
CLASS |
Sets the style sheet class (specified in an in-line, linked or imported style sheet) to be applied to the element. |
CLASSID |
Specifies the GUID (globally unique identifier) for the embedded object. Normally this would be inserted automatically by applications that handle the addition of such objects into HTML documents. |
CODE |
Provides for the inclusion of code that may be required for the embedded object to function. Normally this would be inserted by applications that insert embedded objects into HTML documents. |
CODEBASE |
Gives a URL that locates the embedded object. If the object is not currently installed on the viewers system, it will be retrieved from the URL given and installed. |
DATA |
Specifies a persistent data stream to initialise the object's state. |
DATAFLD |
Specifies the column name of the data (from the data source specified in the DATASRC attribute) to be used for populating the element. Data-binding on the <OBJECT> element is set for the embedded objects default property/value, so the data should be correct properties for the object. |
DATASRC |
Specifies the ID attribute of an embedded data-source object (using the <OBJECT> element) that will be used as the data source for the elements data. |
HEIGHT |
Specifies the height of the embedded object in either pixels, or a percentage of the browser window. |
HSPACE |
Specifies an amount of horizontal white space (I.e. to the left and right) surrounding the embedded object. |
ID |
Sets a unique identifier for the element, allowing it to be referenced within scripting functions, or to specify a style sheet setting, set using a #<style_class> class selector. |
LANG |
Specifies the language (using an ISO country code derived classifier) that the element is using, for browsers that support document localisation. |
LANGUAGE |
Sets the scripting language that any in-line scripting events are written in. |
NAME |
Sets a unique identifier for the embedded object, which can be used to identify the object in scripting functions. |
STYLE |
Sets in-line style sheet settings for the element, which will over-ride any set in a <STYLE> block, or externally linked to the document. |
TABINDEX |
Specifies the tab index order of the embedded object within the document. I.e. an element with a TABINDEX="2" setting would receive the focus after an element with a TABINDEX="1" when the Tab key is pressed. |
TITLE |
Specifies an informational title for the element. The contents of the TITLE attribute may be presented as a Tool-Tip by some browsers. |
TYPE |
Specifies the MIME type of the embedded object, which assists the browser in determining whether it can support the particular object type or not. |
VSPACE |
Specifies an amount of vertical white space (I.e. to the left and right) surrounding the embedded object. |
WIDTH |
Specifies the width of the embedded object in pixels, or as a percentage of the browser window. |
Event | Description |
onClick |
Fired whenever the user clicks the element (or its contents) with the mouse |
onDblClick |
Fired whenever the user double-clicks the element (or its contents) with the mouse (the double-click speed is dependant on the users system settings). |
onDragStart |
Fired when the users initiaties dragging of the element (or it's contents) |
onFilterChange |
Fired whenever a filter is applied to an element, or whenever the properties of an applied filter are changed. |
onHelp |
Fired whenever the user presses 'F1' (for help) and the element has the users current focus. |
onKeyDown |
Fired when the user presses a key (only when the key is actually pressed) when the element has the focus. |
onKeyPress |
The onkeypress event is similar to the onkeydown event, except that it returns the UNICODE value of the key or keys being pressed when the event occurs. |
onKeyUp |
The onkeyup event is fired when a previously pressed key is released while the referenced element has the focus. |
onMouseDown |
The onmousedown event fires whenever the user presses a button on the mouse, with the event being initially fired for the element that has the focus when the mouse button is clicked, and bubbling up through the element objects until an onmousedown event handler is found. |
onMouseMove |
The onmousemove event occurs whenever the users mouse moves over the element. |
onMouseOut |
The onmouseout event fires when the users mouse leaves the area defined by the referenced element. |
onMouseOver |
The onmouseover event fires when the users mouse enters the area defined by the referenced element. |
onMouseUp |
The onmouseup event fires after a users mouse button has been pressed and released. |
onSelectStart |
The onselectstart event is fired whenever the users starts to select some text that is the contents of the referenced element. |
onAfterUpdate |
The onafterupdate event is fired after data is transferred from the element to the data provider and will only fire after the onbeforeupdate event has fired and was successful. |
onBeforeUpdate |
onbeforeupdate fires when a data bound element loses the focus, or the current document is unloaded and will only fire if the value of the element is different to the original value that was present when the element received the users focus. |
onBlur |
Fires when the element loses the users focus (i.e. the user clicks on a different element within the document). |
onDataAvailable |
The ondataavailable event being fired indicates that more records for the referenced Data Source Object are available. |
onDataSetChanged |
The ondatasetchanged event is fired when a new set of data is available and a recordset can be retrieved from that set of data, or when an existing set of data has been changed. |
onDataSetComplete |
Fired when all the data in the referenced recordset is available. |
onError |
Fired when an error occurs in attempting to locate or download the embedded object. |
onErrorUpdate |
The onerrorupdate event fires when a data transfer error occurs, through some action by the user. |
onFocus |
Fires whenever the element receives the focus, either by the user directly clicking on, or 'tab'bing to the element, or when the focus is applied through scripting. |
onLoad |
Fires when the embedded object starts to download. |
onReadyStateChange |
Fired when the elements readyState property changes value. |
onResize |
Fired whenever the element is resized. |
onRowEnter |
Fires on the data source control when the current record has been changed, so new data is available to populate the HTML display elements that are bound to the data source. |
onRowExit |
Fires immediately before the data source changes the current record. |
See 'HTML Reference|Media Embedding|<OBJECT>' for more information.