Basic HTML version of Foils prepared Sept 21 1998

Foil 19 <param> Tags and Applets

From Introduction to Java Tutorial Aimed at Scientific Users NAVO Tutorial -- Sept 23 1998. by Geoffrey C. Fox
The applet tag can be followed by parameters:
<applet . . . >
<param name=attributename1 value="attributevalue1" >
.......
<param name=attributenameN value="attributevalueN" >
</applet>
The Java program accesses this information by
String attribute;
attribute = getParameter("attributename1");
if( attribute == null )
attribute = yourdefaultvalue;
// null is Java way of saying unset
Typically this processing would be in init() method of Applet

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