param | NN 6 IE 5 DOM 1
The param object reflects the param element, which passes variable values to ActiveX objects (IE/Windows only), Java applets, and some plugins. Such programs are written to read parameter name/value pairs during initialization so the values are ready to go when the program starts (e.g., the URL of a sound file). IE for Windows commonly assigns a full suite of parameters to some ActiveX controls, even though only a handful might be explicitly defined in the source code. Although properties are read/write, assigning new values after the page has loaded does not convey the new values to the external program.
HTML Equivalent
    <param>
Object Model Reference
    [window.]document.getElementById("elementID")
Object-Specific Properties
name | type | value | valueType
Object-Specific Methods
None.
Object-Specific Event Handler Properties
None.

name | NN 6 IE 5 DOM 1
| Read/Write
This is the name of the external program's parameter to which a value in the param element applies.
Example
    var pName = document.getElementById("audioParam2").name;
Value
String.
Default
None.

type | NN 6 IE 5 DOM 1
| Read/Write
Provides the MIME type for a param element with a valuetype attribute set to "ref".
Example
    if (document.getElementById("myParam").valueType == "ref") {
        var pType = document.getElementById("myParam").type;
    }
Value
Case-insensitive MIME type as string. A catalog of registered MIME types is available from ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/.
Default
None.

value | NN 6 IE 5(Mac)/6(Win) DOM 1
| Read/Write
Indicates the string value assigned to a named parameter for the external program.
Example
    var pVal = document.getElementById("volumeParam").value;
Value
String.
Default
None.

valueType | NN 6 IE 5(Mac)/6(Win) DOM 1
| Read/Write
Indicates the string classification of the parameter set by the element.
Example
    var pValType = document.getElementById("volumeParam").valueType;
Value
String constant: data | object | ref.
Default
data