Sets or retrieves the MIME type for the associated scripting engine.

Syntax

HTML	<SCRIPT TYPE = sType... >
Scripting	SCRIPT.type [ = sType ]

Possible Values

sType

String that specifies or receives one of the following values. text/ecmascript ECMAScript. text/Jscript Microsoft® JScript®. text/javascript JScript. text/vbs VBScript. text/vbscript VBScript (same as text/vbs). text/xml XML.

The property is read/write. The property has no default value.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

Compare this property with the language property. To avoid conflict, match the type with the language type specified in the language property.

Standards Information

This property is defined in HTML 4.0  and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

	SCRIPT