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DIV

Description

The DIV element is used to represent different kinds of containers in a document such as chapter, section, abstract, appendix, etc.

Syntax

<DIV
ALIGN=CENTER | LEFT | RIGHT
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

ALIGN=CENTER | LEFT | RIGHT

Displays the element left flush, right flush, or centered relative to the display or table.

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:

onafterupdate	onbeforeupdate
onblur	onclick
ondblclick	ondragstart
onfocus	onhelp
onkeydown	onkeypress
onkeyup	onmousedown
onmousemove	onmouseout
onmouseover	onmouseup
onresize	onrowenter
onrowexit	onscroll
onselectstart

Remarks

This element is a block element.

Both the start and end tags are required.

Example

<DIV>
This text represents a section.
</DIV>

<DIV ALIGN=CENTER>
This text represents another section, and its text is centered.
</DIV>

Scripting Object


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