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SPAN

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Description

This does not have any structural role or established rendering convention. It allows a user to define their own method of rendering using style sheets.

Syntax

<SPAN
CLASS=classname
DATAFLD=colname
DATAFORMATAS=HTML | TEXT
DATASRC=#ID
ID=value
LANG=language
LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT | JSCRIPT | VBSCRIPT | VBS
STYLE=css1-properties
TITLE=text
event = script
>

Parameter	Description
CLASS=classname	Specifies the class of the tag being defined. This is used to associate a sub-classed style sheet with the tag.
DATAFLD=colname	The column name from the data source object that supplies the bound data.
DATAFORMATAS=HTML | TEXT	Indicates whether bound data is plain text or HTML.
DATASRC=#ID	Indicates the ID of the data source object that supplies the data that is bound to this element.
ID=value	An SGML identifier used as the target for hypertext links or for naming particular elements in associated style sheets. Valid ID values must begin with a letter. The underbar character, "_", may be used in the ID name. The ID should be unique throughout the scope of the document. If more than one object with the same identifier exists in a document, a collection of those named items is created that can only be referenced by ordinal position.
LANG=language	Specifies which language to use in ISO standard language abbreviation form.
LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT | JSCRIPT | VBS | VBSCRIPT	Specifies the language the current script is written in and invokes the proper scripting engine. The default value is JAVASCRIPT. JAVASCRIPT, JSCRIPT The scripting language is written in JavaScript. VBS, VBSCRIPT The scripting language is written in VBScript.
STYLE=css1-properties	Specifies an in-line style sheet for the tag.
TITLE=text	Used to provide advisory information. The contents of the title attribute will be displayed in a ToolTip during the onmouseover event.
event	Can be one or more of these events: onclick ondblclick ondragstart onhelp onkeydown onkeypress onkeyup onmousedown onmousemove onmouseout onmouseover onmouseup onselectstart

Remarks

Both the start and end tags are required.

Example

<P>This paragraph contains a single <SPAN STYLE="color: blue">blue</SPAN> word.

Scripting Object

SPAN

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