FP: Unable to Use Scroll Bar, Page Displayed Incorrectly

• Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
• Microsoft FrontPage for Windows versions 1.0, 1.0a, 1.1

SYMPTOMS

In FrontPage Editor, when you view a web page that is taller than 32 KB pixels, the page may be displayed incorrectly and you may be unable to use the scroll bar.

NOTE: In Windows NT, the page is displayed as expected, but you cannot use the scroll bar. In Windows 95, the data will be wrapped from just beyond the 32 KB limit and it will be drawn over the beginning of the file. (The data drawn at y = 32 KB + 10 is drawn as if it's at y = 10. The way the data is displayed does not affect the contents of the HTML document tree, so saving the file doesn't delete any data.)

CAUSE

Standard Windows scroll bar support uses a 16-bit value internally, so it may not perform as expected on pages taller than 32 KB pixels (about 40 pages). This behavior occurs regardless of how big the HTML file is. FrontPage does not have internal routines for handling page scrolling beyond the limits of the standard Windows scroll bar.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, press CTRL+PAGE DOWN or CTRL+PAGE UP on your keyboard to view the page.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Pages greater than 32 KB pixels may be extremely slow when they are loaded in a Web browser. To avoid this situation (and to make the browsing experience more convenient for the people accessing your web), split large pages into several, smaller pages.