FP: Part of the Data Transferred with "Publish Web" Command

• Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
• Microsoft FrontPage for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1
• Microsoft FrontPage for the Power Macintosh, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

Canceling the Publish FrontPage Web command in FrontPage 97 and FrontPage 1.0 for the Macintosh, (or the Copy Web command in FrontPage for Windows, versions 1.0 and 1.1) may result in a partial transfer of the FrontPage web to the destination server.

CAUSE

The HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP) maintains no information about the state of the connection between the server and the client. The Publish FrontPage Web operation creates the directories on the destination Web and then copies files into them. There is no way for FrontPage to efficiently delete files that were transferred during the earlier moments of the Publish Web operation.

RESOLUTION

To copy any files that were missed during the initial transfer, republish your Web to the same destination Web and allow it to copy all files to the destination Web. Note that if you want to delete files on the destination server, switch to Folder view (in FrontPage 97) or Summary view (in FrontPage 1.x) and delete the files you want to remove from your Web. If you are not sure which files were transferred, publish your Web. When it has completed copying the files to the destination server, open the Web as a separate entity and delete it.

MORE INFORMATION

FrontPage does not partially update files. All files are either completely updated or not updated at all.

Additional query words: 97 copy web

Keywords : kbusage kbdta
Version : windows:1.0,1.1,97; macintosh:1.0
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb