Sending Parameters from a Web Page
The functionality of an applet can be customized with the use of parameters, settings stored in HTML markup that serve the same purpose as command-line arguments in applications.
Parameters are stored as part of the web page that contains an applet. They’re created using the HTML tag param and its two attributes: name and value. You can have more than one param tag with an applet, but all must be placed between the opening <applet> and closing </applet> tags. Here’s an applet tag that includes several parameters:
<applet code="ScrollingHeadline" height="50" width="400"> <param name="headline1" value="Dewey defeats Truman"> <param name="headline2" value="Stix nix hix pix"> <param name="headline3" value= ...
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