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<EMBED ...>
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SRC: URL of resource to be embeddedWIDTH: width of area in which to show resourceHEIGHT: height of area in which to show resourceALIGN: how text should flow around the pictureNAME: name of the embedded objectPLUGINSPAGE: where to get the plugin softwarePLUGINURL: where to get the JAR archive for automatic installationHIDDEN: if the object is visible or notHREF: make this object a linkTARGET: frame to link to | |
AUTOSTART: if the sound/movie should start automaticallyLOOP: how many times to play the sound/moviePLAYCOUNT: how many times to play the sound/movieVOLUME: how loud to play the soundCONTROLS: which sound control to displayCONTROLLER: if controls should be displayedMASTERSOUND: indicates the object in a sound group with the sound to use STARTTIME: how far into the sound to start and stopENDTIME: when to finish playing |
<EMBED ...> puts a browser plugin in the page. A plugin is a special program located on the client computer (i.e. not on your web server) that handles its own special type of data file. The most common plugins are for sounds and movies. The <EMBED ...> tag gives the location of a data file that the plugin should handle.
In its simplest use, <EMBED ...> uses the SRC attribute to indicate the location of the plugin data file, and usually also gives a WIDTH and HEIGHT of the plugin area.
For example, the following code embeds a MIDI file of the 1812 Overture
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