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Specifies the language that the current script is written in.
| Inline |
<script LANGUAGE = 'JScript' | 'javascript' | 'vbs' | 'vbscript' | 'XML'| sLanguage |
| Script |
[ sLanguage = ] object.language |
| JScript |
Specifies the language as JScript® ( compatible with ECMA-262 language specification ). |
| javascript |
Specifies that the script is written in JavaScript. |
| vbs |
Specifies the language as VBScript. |
| vbscript |
Specifies that the script is written in VBScript. |
| XML |
Specifies that the script is written in XML. |
| sLanguage |
String representing a browser-supported language. |
The property is read-only with no default value.
The property can refer to any scripting language. Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 4.0 ships with JScript®, and VBScript scripting engines.
In Internet Explorer, the default scripting engine is JScript.
In Internet Explorer® 5, the language attribute of the SCRIPT element can be set to XML.