protocol Property

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Sets or retrieves the protocol portion of a URL.

Syntax

HTML	N/A
Scripting	object.protocol [ = sProtocol ]

Possible Values

sProtocol

String that specifies the protocol used to transfer information.

The property is read/write with no default value.

Remarks

The protocol property specifies how to transfer information from the host to the client. Microsoft® Internet Explorer supports several predefined protocols, including HTTP and FTP.

The protocol property returns the initial substring of a URL, including the first colon (for example, http:). However, the document and location objects expose the protocol property as read-only. The property returns the expanded text of the protocol acronym. For example, it returns the HTTP protocol as Hypertext Transfer Protocol.

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.	A, AREA, document, IMG, location