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Retrieves the URL to an external file that contains the source code or data.

Inline	<script SRC = strUrl ... >
Script	[ strUrl = ] oScript.src

strUrl

String containing the URL of the source code or data.

The property is read-only with no default value.

A script can contain an external reference or code within the block. While the SRC attribute was available in Microsoft^® Internet Explorer^® 3.02, the src property is exposed through the object model as of Internet Explorer^® 4.0.

In Internet Explorer^® 5, the SRC attribute of the SCRIPT element can refer to an XML data set if the LANGUAGE attribute is set to XML.

SCRIPT