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# param

Defines a parameter for an <object> element.

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<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="/assets/golf.swf" width="800" height="360">
  <param name="movie" value="/assets/golf.swf">
  <param name="wmode" value="transparent">
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</object>

name

The name of the parameter.

"movie"

The object is a movie which needs the URL of a .swf file.

"wmode"

How the background of the object is handled.

"allowFullScreen"

If the object is allowed to go fullscreen.

value

The value attached to the parameter.

"/assets/golf.swf"

If the parameter is movie, the value is the URL to file.

"transparent"

If the parameter is wmode, the value is either window, direct, transparent, opaque, or gpu.