CONTENT Attribute | content Property

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Sets or retrieves meta-information to be associated with HTTP-EQUIV or NAME.

Syntax

HTML	<META CONTENT = vContent ... >
Scripting	meta.content [ = vContent ]

Possible Values

vContent

Variant that specifies one or more of the following values: description Meta-information. refresh Integer consisting of the number of seconds to elapse before the document is refreshed. This value requires the HTTP-EQUIV attribute to be set with the refresh value. url Location that is loaded when the document is refreshed. This value requires the HTTP-EQUIV attribute to be set with the refresh value. mimetype MIME type used for the charset value. charset Character set of the document. This value requires the mimetype value to be set with a valid MIME type, and the HTTP-EQUIV attribute to be set with the Content-Type value.

The property is read/write with no default value.

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

Example

This example causes the browser to reload the document every two seconds.

Sample Code

<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT=2>

This example sets the character set for the document.

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type"
    CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=Windows-1251">

Applies To

[ Object Name ] Platform Version Win16: Win32: Mac: Unix: WinCE: Version data is listed when the mouse hovers over a link, or the link has focus.	META

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