# \<property>

## \<property> <a href="#property" id="property"></a>

The `<property>` element sets a property value. Properties are used to set values that affect platform behavior, such as the recognition process, timeouts, caching policy, etc.

### Attributes

<table><thead><tr><th width="130.33333333333331">Name</th><th width="173">Data type<select><option value="e9cba80423a04f109ddd324c0da32389" label="String" color="blue"></option><option value="278765401b3a422491f04cdb3fee0544" label="Integer" color="blue"></option><option value="28f28b18dc0244518a7e1c587885d199" label="Boolean" color="blue"></option></select></th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>name</td><td><span data-option="e9cba80423a04f109ddd324c0da32389">String</span></td><td>The name of the global property.</td></tr><tr><td>value</td><td><span data-option="e9cba80423a04f109ddd324c0da32389">String</span></td><td>The value of the property.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Notes

See the [Properties](/dev/voicexml/properties.md) section for a listing of all global properties.

### Example

```markup
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<vxml version="2.0">
  <!-- Setting the "inputmodes" property to "dtmf" will instruct the -->
  <!-- interpreter to ignore all speech input. -->
  <property name="inputmodes" value="dtmf"/>
  <form>
    <field name="myfield" type="digits">
      <prompt>
        You will not be able to say digits, but you will be
        able to enter them using your telephone keypad.
      </prompt>
      <filled>
        You entered <value expr="myfield"/>
      </filled>
    </field>
  </form>
</vxml>
```

The output of the above script would be:

> Computer: You will not be able to say digits, but you will be able…\
> Human: One four five.\
> Computer: (disregards speech)\
> Computer: …to enter them using your telephone keypad.\
> Human: (enters DTMF-1 DTMF-4 DTMF-5)\
> Computer: You entered one hundred forty-five.

### Child Tags

None

### Parent Tags

[\<field>](/dev/voicexml/tags/field-tag.md), [\<form>](/dev/voicexml/tags/form-tag.md),[ \<initial>](/dev/voicexml/tags/initial-tag.md), [\<menu>](/dev/voicexml/tags/menu-tag.md), [\<record>](/dev/voicexml/tags/record-tag.md), [\<subdialog>](/dev/voicexml/tags/subdialog-tag.md), [\<transfer>](/dev/voicexml/tags/transfer-tag.md), [\<vxml>](/dev/voicexml/tags/vxml-tag.md)


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