KB193959 - FP98: No Access to Form Properties by Right-Clicking Form Field

Article ID: 193959

Article Last Modified on 10/4/2001

Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q193959

For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 and earlier version of this article, see 182123.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see 197735.

SYMPTOMS

In FrontPage Editor, you cannot access the properties of a form when you do one of the following:

Right-click a form field. The Form Properties command does not appear on the shortcut menu.

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Right-click a command button, click Form Field Properties, and then click Form. In this case, nothing happens.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when your form field is not within a form. A dashed line that surrounds one or more form fields denotes a form.

RESOLUTION

To access the form properties, your form field must be inside the dashed line that denotes the form. Use one of the following methods to resolve this behavior so you can access the properties of the form.

Method 1: If You Have a Form on the Page

Select the form field.
On the Edit menu, click Cut.
Click anywhere inside the form (the dashed lines).
On the Edit menu, click Paste.
Right-click the form field and click Form Properties on the menu that appears.

Method 2: If You Do Not Have a Form on the Page

Select the form field.
On the Insert menu, point to From Field, and then click the form field option you want.
Right-click the form field and click Form Properties on the menu that appears.

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