Object data Property

Get the URL of the object:

var x = document.getElementById("myObject").data;

The result of x will be:

http://www.w3ii.com/jsref/helloworld.swf

Definition and Usage

The data property sets or returns the value of the data attribute of an <object> element.

The data attribute specifies the URL of the resource to be used by the object.

Property
data	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Return the data property:

objObject.data

Set the data property:

objObject.data=URL

Value	Description
URL	Specifies the URL of the resource to be used by the object. Possible values: An absolute URL - points to data on another web site (like href="http://www.example.com/helloworld.swg") A relative URL - points to data within a web site (like href="helloworld.swg")

Value

Description

URL

Specifies the URL of the resource to be used by the object.

Possible values:

An absolute URL - points to data on another web site (like href="http://www.example.com/helloworld.swg")
A relative URL - points to data within a web site (like href="helloworld.swg")

Return Value:	A String, representing the URL of the object. Returns the entire URL, including the protocol (like http://)