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User Guide
Java applet properties
The Property inspector initially displays the most commonly used properties. Click the expander arrow in the
lower-right corner to see all properties.
Specifies a name to identify the applet for scripting. Enter a name in the unlabeled text box on the far left side
Name
of the Property inspector.
Specify the width and height of the applet, in pixels.
W and H
Specifies the file containing the applet's Java code. Click the folder icon to browse to a file, or enter a filename.
Code
Identifies the folder containing the selected applet. When you select an applet, this text box is filled automati-
Base
cally.
Determines how the object is aligned on the page.
Align
Specifies alternative content (usually an image) to be displayed if the user's browser doesn't support Java applets
Alt
or has Java disabled. If you enter text, Dreamweaver inserts the text as the value of the applet's attribute. If you
alt
select an image, Dreamweaver inserts an tag between the opening and closing tags.
img applet
Note: To specify alternative content that is viewable in both Netscape Navigator (with Java disabled) and Lynx (a text-
based browser), select an image and then manually add an attribute to the tag in the Code inspector.
alt img
Specify the amount of white space in pixels above, below, and on both sides of the applet.
V Space and H Space
Opens a dialog box for entering additional parameters to pass to the applet. Many applets respond to
Parameters
special parameters.
Using behaviors to control media
You can add behaviors to your page to start and stop various media objects.
Play, stop, rewind, or go to a frame in a Shockwave movie or Flash SWF file.
Control Shockwave Or Flash
Lets you play a sound; for example, you can play a sound effect whenever the user moves the mouse
Play Sound
pointer over a link.
Lets you check to see if visitors to your site have the required plug-in installed, then route them to
Check Plugin
different URLs, depending on whether they have the right plug-in. This only applies to Netscape Navigator plug-ins,
as the Check Plugin behavior does not check for ActiveX controls.
See also
"Apply the Control Shockwave Or Flash behavior" on page 352
"Apply the Play Sound behavior" on page 356
"Apply the Check Plugin behavior" on page 352
Use parameters to control media objects
Define special parameters to control Shockwave and Flash SWF files, ActiveX controls, Netscape Navigator plug-ins,
and Java applets. Parameters are used with the , , and tags. Parameters set attributes specific to
object embed applet
different types of objects. For example, a Flash object can use a quality parameter
for the object tag. The Parameter dialog box is available from the Property
<paramname="quality"value="best">
inspector. See the documentation for the object you're using for information on the parameters it requires.
September 4, 2007