Error Creating Web Application Using Visual InterDev

• Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions
• Microsoft Visual InterDev, version 6.0
• Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to create a new project with Visual InterDev, the following error message may occur:

Cannot create a disk-based Web application in 'C:\WINNT\Profiles\username\Personal\Visual Studio Projects\Projectname\Projectname_Local'. Config File "": value "Global FrontPageRoot" not found.

CAUSE

Visual InterDev checks the Frontpg.ini file for the FrontPageRoot directive. If the directive is not there, the project is not created and the error message occurs.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, do the following:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.



2. Type "Frontpg.ini" (without the quotation marks) in the Open: dialog box and click OK. (This opens the Frontpg.ini file in Notepad.)
   
   Note: If there is no Frontpg.ini file on the computer, create a text file with this name and save it to the Winnt folder.



3. Make sure that the file looks similar to the following:

   
   [FrontPage 3.0]
   FrontPageRoot=d:\Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage
   FrontPageLangID=0x0409
   UILangAbbrev=enu
   NoAbsoluteFileResults=1
   NoServerFileResults=1
   BotCacheDir=d:\Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage\BotCache
   CheckedHostName=treys
   HostOverride= 




4. If the FrontPageRoot entry is missing, add the following in the [FrontPage 3.0] section:

   FrontPageRoot=

   You do not need to add a value.



5. Save the file.

Additional query words: front page

Keywords : fpse2000
Version : WINDOWS:6.0; winnt:
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbprb