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Adding Plug-in Media with <embed>

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codebase
This tells the browser in which directory to find the applets. If the applets are
in the same directory as the page, thecodebase attribute is not necessary.

width andheight
These specify the pixel dimensions of the “window” the applet will occupy.
These attributes are required for the Java applet to function properly.

Thetag can also take many of the same attributes used for images, such
asalt(for providing alternative text if the applet can not be displayed),align
(for positioning the applet in the flow of text), andhspace/vspace(used in
conjunction withalign).

Special parameters for the applet are provided by any number of parameter tags
(sometimes there are none). Thetag always contains the name of the
parameter (name=) and its value (value=). Parameters provide special settings and
controls that are specific to the particular applet, so you need to follow the param-
eter coding instructions provided by the programmer of the applet.

Adding Plug-in Media with

Thetag places a media object, such as a Flash movie or the controls for
a RealAudio track, on a web page. It displays the media object in a rectangular
area that behaves much like an inline image in terms of positioning in the flow of
the text. Thetag was originally created by Netscape for use with plug-in
technologies. It is currently supported by both browsers; however, the HTML 4.0
Specification prefers the use of the all-purpose