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WML Links

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A WML card can be set up to display the anchor functions of WML. The <anchor> tag can be used to set a hypertext link. It always has the following tasks, which define what to do when the user selects the link, specified:

• <go>: It navigates to the specified URL.
• <noop>: It dictates that no operation should be done.
• <prev>: It is used to navigate back to the previous URL on the history stack.
• <refresh>: It is used to update the current display.

For the example below, when the user clicks the Homepage, the task says “go to the file http://people.cs.und.edu/~wenchen/index.wml” . It is recommended that you use the <a> tag for links rather than the <anchor> tag. Remember that you can not nest link elements inside of link elements. Like the <a> tag, you can nest the <br> and <img> tag in an anchor link element.