FP2000: How to Remove the Generator Meta Tag by Using VBA

• Microsoft FrontPage 2000

SUMMARY

The sample Visual Basic for Applications code in this article removes the Generator meta tag from all pages in the active web.

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Sub myProcedure()
       
   'Set up a variable to hold the result of a message box
   Dim myMsgBoxResults As VbMsgBoxResult
       
   'Check to see if a web is open.
   If ActiveWebWindow.Web Is Nothing Then

       'If no web is open, display a message box.
       MsgBox "Please open a web before running this macro.", _
         vbOKOnly + vbExclamation

       '. . . and end the macro.
       Exit Sub

   End If
       
   '////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 
   'In order for us to update the HTML in our files, there must be no
   'pages open.  To check for this, we check the Count property of
   'the PageWindows collection.  The PageWindows collection's Count
   'property is equal to the number of files that are currently open.
   '////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 

   'Get the count of the PageWindows collection
   If ActiveWeb.ActiveWebWindow.PageWindows.Count <> 0 Then

       'Assign the result of a message box to the variable
       myMsgBoxResults = _
         MsgBox("Please close all files before running this macro.", _
           vbOKOnly + vbExclamation)

       'If the user clicks OK in our message box, exit the macro.
       'This variable will equal vbOK as soon as the user clicks
       'the OK button in the message box.
       If myMsgBoxResults = vbOK Then Exit Sub

   End If

   'Set up a variable for the WebFolder we're passing to the
   'RemoveMetaTag procedure
   Dim myTempFolder As WebFolder
       
   'Set the myWebFolder variable to equal the rootfolder of
   'the active web
   Set myTempFolder = ActiveWeb.RootFolder
       
   'Now call the RemoveMetaTag procedure and pass myWebFolder to it.
   RemoveMetaTag myTempFolder
       
   'Display a dialog saying we're done.
   myMsgBoxResults = MsgBox _
     ("All Generator meta tags removed.", vbOKOnly + vbInformation)
       
End Sub

Sub RemoveMetaTag(myWebFolder As WebFolder)
       
   'Set up all variables
   Dim myFiles As WebFiles
   Dim myFile As WebFile
   Dim myFolders As WebFolders
       
   'Set myFiles equal to the active web's Files collection
   Set myFiles = myWebFolder.Files

   'Set myFolders equal to the active web's Folders collection
   Set myFolders = myWebFolder.Folders
          
   'This For loop loops through each file in the root folder
   For Each myFile In myFiles

       'Check to see if the file is actually an ASP or HTML file.
       If UCase(myFile.Extension) = "HTM" Or UCase(myFile.Extension) = "HTML" Or UCase(myFile.Extension) = "ASP" Then
        
           'Open the file
           myFile.Open
        
           'Set up a variable for the opened PageWindow
           Dim myPage As PageWindow
           Set myPage = ActivePageWindow

           'Make sure we're in Normal view
           myPage.ViewMode = fpPageViewNormal
            
           'Remove the meta tag
           ActiveDocument.all.tags("meta").Item("GENERATOR").outerHTML = ""
            
           'Save and close the page.
           myPage.save
           myPage.Close
            
       End If
            
   Next myFile
       
   'Now we have to recursively call the RemoveMetaTag procedure so
   'that we can loop through all folders in the web.
   Dim mySubFolder As WebFolder
       
   For Each mySubFolder In myWebFolder.Folders
    
       'Only call RemoveMetaTag if the current subfolder is not a subweb
       If mySubFolder.IsWeb = False Then RemoveMetaTag mySubFolder
        
   Next mySubFolder       

End Sub 

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