Microsoft KB Archive/194255

= FP98: Error HTTP 404 if Page URL Contains a Space =

Article ID: 194255

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q194255



For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 and earlier version of this article, see 151044.



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to view a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that contains spaces, you may receive one of the following error messages:

HTTP/1.0 404 Object Not Found.

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HTAccess: Error accessing "url": HTTP: file/directory does not exist.



CAUSE
Some browsers do not support spaces in the URL.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
FrontPage Editor displays the following warning message when you attempt to save a page with an invalid URL

" .htm" is not a valid Page URL for the current Web. Do you want to save the page with this URL?"

where is the name of your file.

This message is confirmation that some browsers will be unable to view this page.

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB194255

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