object question

[Jouster]

I've been trying to learn how to use this tag and i found an example on the web but it does not work.

Can someone tell me why and if you have a better source for me to learn this from i would greatly appreciate it.

Code:

<OBJECT ID=IEMenu1 CLASSID="clsid:7823A620-9DD9-11CF-A662-00AA00C066D2" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1 ALIGN=LEFT HSPACE=0 VSPACE=0>
<PARAM NAME="Menuitem[0]" VALUE="This is the first item">
<PARAM NAME="Menuitem[1]" VALUE="This is the second item">
<PARAM NAME="Menuitem[2]" VALUE="This is the third item">
<PARAM NAME="Menuitem[3]" VALUE="This is the fourth item">
<PARAM NAME="Menuitem[4]" VALUE="This is the fifth item">
</OBJECT>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBScript">
Sub IEMenu1_Click(ByVal x)
Alert "You clicked on menu item: "&x
End Sub
Sub ShowMenu_onClick
call IEMenu1.PopUp()
End Sub
</SCRIPT>

<div onClick="IEMenu1.PopUp()"><b>Drop down menu!</b></div>

 

[BabyJeffy]

It's only going to work in IE for Windows. Maybe you need to switch your browser for this one?

Cheers,
Jeff

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Unless you've got the code behind that object element installed, you'll see nothing at all.

In fact, there's not really much to "learn" about the object element - it's one of those things that unless you need to use it, you don't really need to look into. It's also one of those things that is different every time (well - for every type of usage).

I guess what I'm saying is - unless you know you need to use it, don't watse too much time reading up on it.

Hope this helps,
Dan


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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

It's also one of those things that is different every time (well - for every type of usage)

To give an example... One sit might use it to embed a video. One might use it to embed a menu. One might use it to embed a counter. One might use it to embed some spyware.

As you can see - different every time.

Dan


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[Jouster]

OK, thanks. I have another question, but i will start a new thread.