FP97: Data Loss After Using "View or Edit HTML" Dialog Box
Article ID: 170624
Article Last Modified on 9/26/2001
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q170624
SYMPTOMS
In FrontPage Editor, when you use the HTML command on the View menu to edit
a very large file, you may experience any of the following symptoms:
- The scroll bar does not function as expected in the Web browser.For additional information, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
160616 FP: Unable to Use Scroll Bar/Page Displayed Incorrectly
- You cannot enter new text in the "View or Edit HTML" dialog box.
- When you click OK to close the "View or Edit HTML" dialog box, some of
your text is deleted.
- The Show Color Coding check box in the "View or Edit HTML" dialog box is
selected, but some of the HTML markup is not color coded.
CAUSE
FrontPage 97 Editor does not have internal data structures large enough to
accurately handle very large documents.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft
FrontPage 98 for Windows.
MORE INFORMATION
As a general rule, if you cannot enter any additional text, without first
deleting text in the "View or Edit HTML" dialog box, do not click OK or you
will lose some of your text. If you experience any of the problems
described in the "Symptoms" section, you should avoid using the HTML
command on the View menu.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, break up the large document into smaller
documents before you use the HTML command on the View menu.
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