Microsoft KB Archive/175721

= FP98: Page Transition Not Available on Frames Page =

Article ID: 175721

Article Last Modified on 6/18/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q175721



SYMPTOMS
In FrontPage Editor, the Page Transition command on the Format menu is unavailable.



CAUSE
The Page Transition command is not available if you are editing a frames page. Page transitions can only be applied to individual pages linked to from the frames page.



RESOLUTION
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Method 1: Apply a Page Transition in the Frames Page Properties Dialog Box
NOTE: The following steps will apply a vertical blinds transition effect which will last twelve seconds.  In FrontPage Editor, open or create a frames page. On the Frame menu, click Frames Page Properties. Click the Custom tab. In the "System Variables (HTTP-EQUIV)" section, click Add. In the Name box, type the event meta name. For example, type page- enter.

NOTE: For a list of event meta names and their corresponding events, please see the "More Information" section of this article. In the Value box, type the meta transition effect value, by following these steps:

<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> Type the following:

revealTrans(Duration=

NOTE: If you want to apply a blend transition effect, type the following:

blendtrans(Duration=

</li> After the equal sign, enter a value that represents the number of seconds you want the transition effect to take. The value must be between 0.0 and 60.0. For example, type "12.0" (without the quotation marks).

NOTE: If you applied a blend transition effect, type a parenthesis after the value and then go to step 7.</li> Type a comma and then type the following:

Transition=

</li> After the equal sign, enter a value that corresponds to the transition effect you want. For example, type 8.

NOTE: For a list of the transition effect values, please see the "More Information" section of this article.</li> Type a closing parenthesis. The value box should look similar to the following:

revealTrans(Duration=12.0,Transition=8)

</li></ol> </li> Click OK.</li> Click OK again.</li> Repeat steps 4 though 7 for each transition effect you want to set.

NOTE: You can set a different transition effect for each event you want to set.</li></ol>

Method 2: Copy the Page Transition Meta Tag from a New Page
<ol> Create a new page and apply the transition effect by following these steps:

<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> On the File menu, click New.</li> Click the Page tab.</li> In the list of wizards and templates, click Normal Page, and then click OK.</li> On the Format menu, click Page Transition.</li> In the Page Transition dialog box, do the following:

<ol> In the Event list, select the event you want to use.</li> In the Duration box, type a value for the duration of the transition effect.</li> <li>In the Transition Effect box, select the transition you want.</li> <li>Click OK.</li></ol> </li></ol>

Repeat steps c through e for each additional page transition you want to set.</li> <li>Copy the page transition meta tag from the HTML source of the page you created in step 1.

<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> <li>Click the HTML tab located at the bottom of the FrontPage Editor window.</li> <li>Select the meta tag. This tag will look similar to one of the following examples:

<meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="blendTrans(Duration=5.0)">

<meta http-equiv="Site-Exit" content="revealTrans(Duration=15.0, Transition=23)">

</li> <li>On the Edit menu, click Copy.</li> <li>On the Window menu, select your frames page.</li></ol> </li> <li>Paste the page transition meta tag in the HTML source of the frames page:

<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> <li>Click the HTML tab located at the bottom of the FrontPage Editor window.</li> <li>Click in front of the tag.</li> <li>Press ENTER.</li> <li>Press the Up arrow key.</li> <li>On the Edit menu, click Paste.</li></ol> </li></ol>

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MORE INFORMATION
The following table lists the event meta names and their corresponding events: <pre class="fixed_text">  Event Meta Name          Event

Page-Enter              Page Enter Page-Exit               Page Exit Site-Enter              Site Enter Site-Exit               Site Exit Following is a list of numbers that correspond to the transition effects you can use in FrontPage 98: <pre class="fixed_text">  0  Box in   1  Box out 2 Circle in   3  Circle out 4 Wipe up   5  Wipe down 6 Wipe right 7 Wipe left 8 Vertical blinds 9 Horizontal blinds 10 Checkerboard across 11 Checkerboard down 12 Random dissolve 13 Split vertical in  14 Split vertical out 15 Split horizontal in  16 Split horizontal out 17 Strips left down 18 Strips left up  19 Strips right down 20 Strips right up  21 Random bars horizontal 22 Random bars vertical 23 Random

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