Using the html APPLET tag

This section tells you most of what you need to know to use the <APPLET> tag. It starts by showing you the tag's simplest form. It then discusses some of the most common additions to that simple form: the <PARAM> tag, alternate HTML code and text, the CODEBASE attribute, and the ARCHIVE attribute. For a detailed description of the <APPLET> tag,

The applet tag is used to start an applet from both an HTML .Document and from an applet viewer .An applet viewer will execute each APPLET tag that's it finds in a separate window while web browsers like Netscape Navigator ,Internet Explorer ,and Hot-java will allow many applets on single page.

You should already have seen the simplest form of the <APPLET> tag:

<APPLET CODE=AppletSubclass.class WIDTH=anInt HEIGHT=anInt>
</APPLET>

Specifying Parameters

<APPLET CODE="Animator.class" WIDTH=460 HEIGHT=160>
<PARAM NAME="imageSource" VALUE="images/Beans">
<PARAM NAME="backgroundColor" VALUE="0xc0c0c0">
<PARAM NAME="endImage" VALUE=10>
<PARAM NAME="soundSource" VALUE="audio">
<PARAM NAME="soundtrack" VALUE="spacemusic.au">
<PARAM NAME="sounds"
    VALUE="1.au|2.au|3.au|4.au|5.au|6.au|7.au|8au|9.au|0.au">
<PARAM NAME="pause" VALUE=200>
. . .
</APPLET>

Required Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
code	URL	Specifies the file name of a Java applet
object	name	Specifies a reference to a serialized representation of an applet

Optional Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
align	left right top bottom middle baseline	Specifies the alignment of an applet according to surrounding elements
alt	text	Specifies an alternate text for an applet
archive	URL	Specifies the location of an archive file
codebase	URL	Specifies a relative base URL for applets specified in the code attribute
height	pixels	Specifies the height of an applet
hspace	pixels	Defines the horizontal spacing around an applet
name	name	Defines the name for an applet (to use in scripts)
vspace	pixels	Defines the vertical spacing around an applet
width	pixels	Specifies the width of an applet

Standard Attributes

The <applet> tag supports the following standard attributes in HTML 4.01:

Attribute	Value	Description
class	classname	Specifies a class name for an element
id	id	Specifies a unique id for an element
style	style_definition	Specifies an inline style for an element
title	text	Specifies extra information about an element