FP: Illegal Comments Removed from HTML Markup Bot
Article ID: 187777
Article Last Modified on 10/7/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft FrontPage 1.0 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q187777
SYMPTOMS
After you insert an HTML Markup in a page, illegal HTML comment code may
gradually be deleted one or two characters at a time from the front of the
Markup each time you save or reopen the page.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, use one of the following methods:
- If you are using Microsoft FrontPage 97, upgrade to FrontPage 98.
-or-
- Use an alternate HTML code (or codes) that accomplishes the same thing.
Note: Legal HTML comments begin with the following characters:
<!--
and end with the following characters:
-->
Example: <!-- This is a legal HTML Comment -->
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows.
Additional query words: eaten deleted removed altered
Keywords: kbinfo kbfix KB187777