Microsoft KB Archive/194256

= FP98: Error Browsing Web as File Instead of as HTTP =

Article ID: 194256

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 Q194256



For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see 205632.

For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 and earlier version of this article, see 150682.



SYMPTOMS
When you browse a page created in FrontPage, and attempt to use a custom image map or a browse-time FrontPage component you receive an error message similar to the following:

file: //myWeb/_vti_bin/ shtml.exe/mypage.htm/ could not be found.

NOTE: Browse-time FrontPage components include the Confirmation Field, Discussion Form Handler, Registration Form Handler, Save Results Form Handler or the Search Form. Browse-time FrontPage components include the WebBot Confirmation Field component, the WebBot Discussion component, the WebBot Registration Component, the WebBot Save Results component, and the WebBot Search component.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when you browse a FrontPage Web page using a file location rather than a HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP) Uniform Resource Locator (URL) if the FrontPage Web page contains browse-time FrontPage components. HTTP is required to access the server extensions to allow these components to run.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, use HTTP to look at the page. To do this, start the Web browser and type the URL of the page. For example, type:

http://myserver/myWeb/mypage.htm



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



MORE INFORMATION
To open a Web page using the location of the file, start the Web browser and type the location of the page on your hard disk. For example, type:

file: :/myWeb//mypage.htm

When you use this method to view a page, some features of FrontPage Web pages may not function properly.

Additional query words: front page vermeer

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB194256

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