FP98: Script Error Browsing Page that Contains Navigation Bars
Article ID: 177907
Article Last Modified on 12/1/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q177907
SYMPTOMS
When you browse a page that has a navigation bar on it, you may receive a
scripting error message similar to one of the following. Note that the
error message varies based on which Web browser or version of the Web
browser you are using.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or Netscape Navigator 4.0
You receive a script error similar to this:
Expected ')'
When you click Yes, the error message is closed. However, when you rest
the pointer over the button in the left navigation bar, you receive a
script error similar to the following:
MSFPnav1h' is undefined.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
You receive a script error similar to this:
Microsoft JScript compilation error.
[Line: 28] Expected ')'
Your only option is to click OK to continue. After you do this, the page
opens.
CAUSE
These errors occur if the navigation bar refers to a page with a name
that contains an apostrophe ("'").
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, click Navigation on the View menu and then
rename the page so that its name does not contain an apostrophe. Then,
click Folders on the View menu and rename the page so that it does
not contain an apostrophe.
Additional query words: Script error illegal character hover apostrophe
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