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Last updated 11/30/2015
Parameters Opens a dialog box for entering additional parameters to pass to the applet. Many applets respond to
special parameters.
Using behaviors to control media
You can add behaviors to your page to start and stop various media objects.
Control Shockwave Or Flash Play, stop, rewind, or go to a frame in a Shockwave movie or SWF file.
Play Sound Lets you play a sound; for example, you can play a sound effect whenever the user moves the mouse pointer
over a link.
Check Plugin Lets you check to see if visitors to your site have the required plug-in installed, then route them to
different URLs, depending on whether they have the right plug-in. This only applies to plug-ins, as the Check Plugin
behavior does not check for ActiveX controls.
Use parameters to control media objects
Define special parameters to control Shockwave and SWF files, ActiveX controls, plug-ins, and Java applets. Parameters
are used with the object, embed, and applet tags. Parameters set attributes specific to different types of objects. For
example, a SWF file can use a quality parameter <paramname="quality"value="best"> for the object tag. The Parameter
dialog box is available from the Property inspector. See the documentation for the object youre using for information
on the parameters it requires.
Note: There is no widely accepted standard for identifying data files for ActiveX controls. Consult the documentation for
the ActiveX control you’re using to find out which parameters to use.
Enter a name and value for a parameter
1 Select an object that can have parameters (such as a Shockwave movie, an ActiveX control, a plug-in, or a Java applet)
in the Document window.
2 Open the dialog box using one of the following methods:
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the object, and select Parameters from the context menu.
Open the Property inspector if it isn’t already open, and click the Parameters button found in the lower half of
the Property inspector. (Make sure the Property inspector is expanded.)
3 Click the Plus (+) button and enter the parameter name and value in the appropriate columns.
Remove a parameter
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Select a parameter and press the minus (–) button.
Reorder parameters
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Select a parameter, and use the up and down arrow buttons.
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