HTML Codes

Embedded Objects

<EMBED SRC="...">

<EMBED ...>

SRC : URL of resource to be embedded WIDTH : width of area in which to show resource HEIGHT : height of area in which to show resource ALIGN : how text should flow around the picture NAME : name of the embedded object PLUGINSPAGE : where to get the plugin software PLUGINURL : where to get the JAR archive for automatic installation HIDDEN : if the object is visible or not HREF : make this object a link TARGET : frame to link to

AUTOSTART : if the sound/movie should start automatically LOOP : how many times to play the sound/movie PLAYCOUNT : how many times to play the sound/movie VOLUME : how loud to play the sound CONTROLS : which sound control to display CONTROLLER : if controls should be displayed MASTERSOUND : indicates the object in a sound group with the sound to use STARTTIME : how far into the sound to start and stop ENDTIME : 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