`<APPLET ...>`

Usage Recommendation
use it, but don't rely on it

CODE: the applet to run
CODEBASE: path to the applet class
WIDTH: width of the applet
HEIGHT: height of the applet
ALIGN: alignment of applet to surrounding text
VSPACE: vertical space between applet and surrounding text

HSPACE: horizontal space between applet and surrounding text
BORDER: empty space surrounding the applet
NAME: name of applet for reference by other applets
ARCHIVE: a compressed collection of applet components
MAYSCRIPT: If Java can use JavaScript

<APPLET ...> puts an applet in your page. In its simplest use, <APPLET ...> requires the use of CODE (to tell what applet file to load), WIDTH (to tell how wide the applet should be), and HEIGHT (to tell how tall the applet should be).

this code produces this

<APPLET CODE="MyApplet.class" WIDTH=100 HEIGHT=100> <PARAM NAME=TEXT VALUE="Hi There"> <P>Hi There<P> </APPLET>

Hi There

The contents of <APPLET ...> is either the <PARAM ...> tag, or information which is ignored by browsers which understand <APPLET ...>. This method of ignoring the contents allows you to put in text for browsers which don't understand <APPLET ...>.