Microsoft KB Archive/816634

= BUG: Deploy Option in Microsoft Visual InterDev Is Not Supported by FrontPage Server Extensions 2002 =

Article ID: 816634

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional for Itanium-based systems

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SYMPTOMS
When you use the deploy option in Microsoft Visual InterDev client, you may receive the following error message when the server is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions enabled:

Failed to deploy a file. The FrontPage Server Extensions on the server returned the following error: The version of the FrontPage server extensions running on the server is more recent than the FrontPage you are using. You need a more recent version of FrontPage. (error 0x4000c).

Note The Visual InterDev client is a wrapper to the Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard.



CAUSE
The Fpwpp.dll driver file is a system-level component that is used by the Web Publishing Wizard to communicate with the FrontPage-enabled Web server. FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions is not compatible with Fpwpp.dll. Therefore, you may receive the error message that is described in the &quot;Symptoms&quot; section of this article.



WORKAROUND
You may manually migrate the files that are to be published on the Web server that is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003. To do this, follow these steps:  Create a physical folder that is named TestDirectory under the following folder on the Windows Server 2003-enabled server:

\inetpub\wwwroot

 Copy the files that are to be published to the TestDirectory folder. Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type inetmgr, and then click OK. In the Internet Information Services dialog box, expand the Web Sites folder, and then click Default Web Site. Right-click Default Web Site, point to New, and then click Virtual Directory.</li> In the Virtual Directory Creation Wizard, click Next.</li> In the Alias box, type DestApplication, and then click Next.</li> In the Path box, type the path for the TestDirectory folder, and then click Next.</li> Click Next.</li> Click Finish.</li></ol>

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

 * 1) Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, and then click Microsoft Visual Interdev 6.0. By default, the New Project dialog box appears.
 * 2) In the New Project dialog box, click Visual InterDev Projects, and then click New Web Project.
 * 3) In the Name box, type SampleProject, and then click Open.
 * 4) In the Web Project Wizard -- Step 1 of 4 dialog box, type the full computer name in the What server do you want to use? box, and then click Next.
 * 5) In the Web Project Wizard -- Step 2 of 4 dialog box, click to select the Create a new Web application option, and then in the Name box, type SampleApplication.
 * 6) In the Web Project Wizard -- Step 3 of 4 dialog box, click Next.
 * 7) In the Web Project Wizard -- Step4 of 4 dialog box, click Finish.
 * 8) On the Project menu, click New Deployment Target.
 * 9) In the New Deployment Target dialog box, type http://TestComputer/DestApplication in the Deploy to (URL) box, where   is the name of the server that is running Windows Server 2003 with FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions enabled and where   is a virtual directory on.
 * 10) To close the dialog box, click OK.
 * 11) On the Project menu, click Deploy, and then click the http:// /  link. The error message that is described in the &quot;Symptoms&quot; section of this article appears.

You may also notice a similar error when you use the Microsoft Visual J++ client.

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