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Defines a container for executable content, specifically a Java applet.

HTML 2, 3.2, 4, 4.01 Deprecated

HTML Syntax

<applet
   align = left | right | top | middle | bottom
   alt = text
   archive = url
   code = filename
   codebase = url
   height = n
   hspace = n
   name = name
   vspace = n
   width = n
   event = script
>

An <applet> is executable code written using the Java language, and built or compiled with a Java compiler.

Applets can only be displayed by Java-enabled browsers.

The <applet> tag requires three attributes: code, width and height, a brief description of each shown below.

In the simplest case, the <applet> tags can contain one or more PARAM elements that are used to provide information about the parameters, or arguments, to be used by the Java applet.

Applet development is beyond the scope of this reference. For an excellent place to start learning about Java, visit Sun Systems’ Java Tutorial.

NOTE: Both start and end tags are required.

NOTE: This element has been deprecated in favor of the OBJECT element.

The <applet> element supports the following attributes, in addition to global attributes common to all HTML elements.

Attribute	Value	Descriprion
align	left | right | top | middle | bottom	Specifies the alignment of <applet> element with respect to the surrounding content.
alt	text	Provides alternate text if the applet cannot be displayed.
archive	URL	Specifies a comma-separated list of URLs for archives containing classes and other resources that will be "preloaded".
code	URL	specifies the URL of the applet’s class file to be embedded.
codebase	URL	Specifies the URL of the directory where applets’ .class files referenced by the code attribute are stored.
height	pixels	Specifies the initial height of the applet’s display area.
hspace	pixels	Specifies the amount of additional whitespace to be reserved on left and right side of the applet.
name	text	Specifies the name of the applet.
vspace	pixels	Specifies the amount of additional whitespace to be reserved on top and bottom side of the applet.
width	pixels	Specifies the initial width of the applet’s display area.

<applet code="Animate.class" width=400 height=300>
    <param name="delay" value=30>
    <param name="time" value=120>
</applet>

NOTE: This element is no longer supported in later version browsers.

AUDIO   EMBED   OBJECT   VIDEO