Attribute for <SCRIPT ...>
TYPE =
"text/javascript"
| "text/vbscript"
| other scripting language
Usage Recommendation |
use it |
TYPE
, which is required, indicates the scripting language to use for the
<SCRIPT ...>
element. The most common value for TYPE
is
text/javascript
, which indicates that the script is written in JavaScript. Other possible values are
text/vbscript
for VBScript (which only supported by MSIE) or
text/tcl
for Tcl (a great language but not well supported at all).
The following example creates a small JavaScript script that outputs the current time:
<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">
<!--
document.write("<P>right now: " + new Date() + "<P>");
//-->
</SCRIPT>
which gives us: