Microsoft KB Archive/166662

= BUG: Link View Shows Links in PLAINTEXT Tag =

Article ID: 166662

Article Last Modified on 5/2/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual InterDev 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q166662



SYMPTOMS
Link View shows links that are defined inside the PLAINTEXT tag, even though they are not truly links.



CAUSE
Link View discovers links in all non-commented HTML.



RESOLUTION
Do not put link text inside the PLAINTEXT tag.



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



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
Use the following code to reproduce the problem: Links inside of are not treated as links by   browsers: Not a real link The link above is treated by browsers as plain, non-linked text.

