FP: When to Use FP Personal Web Server Versus Microsoft PWS

• Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
• Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack

SUMMARY

In order to take advantage of the full functionality of FrontPage, you need to use a Web server. The FrontPage compact disc comes with two Web servers:

• The FrontPage Personal Web Server
• The Microsoft Personal Web Server

When to Install the FrontPage Personal Web Server

If you install a later version of FrontPage on a system where FrontPage 1.1 is already installed, the installation procedure upgrades the FrontPage Personal Web Server and Server Extensions automatically.

If FrontPage 1.1 was not installed on your system, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base for information about how to install the FrontPage Personal Web Server:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q161413
   TITLE     : FP97: How to Install the FrontPage Personal Web
               Server

When to Upgrade to the Microsoft Personal Web Sever

If you want to write your own Common Gateway Interface (CGI), Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI), or Internet Database Connector (IDC) scripts or programs using the Microsoft Personal Web Server, you need to upgrade from the FrontPage Personal Web Server to the Microsoft Personal Web Server.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the differences between the FrontPage Personal Web Server and the Microsoft Personal Web Server, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q161150
   TITLE     : FP97: Why Are There Two Versions of the Personal Web
               Server?