FP98: Explorer Unconditionally Updates Hyperlinks in Editor

ID: Q194247

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

The hyperlink information that is displayed in FrontPage Explorer is not the same as the information that is stored in the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) code of the Web page.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because Microsoft FrontPage Explorer always updates the hyperlink information in FrontPage Editor if you rename a file.

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

You create a Web page in FrontPage Editor that contains a hyperlink to another Web page.

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You rename the Web page that is referenced by the hyperlink in FrontPage Explorer.

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The page that contains the hyperlink to the Web page with the changed name is open in FrontPage Editor.

NOTE: The hyperlink is updated in FrontPage Editor even though you click No when you are prompted to update the link in FrontPage Explorer.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, close FrontPage Editor before you rename files in FrontPage Explorer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft FrontPage 98.

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Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug