FP98: Determining if Index Server or FrontPage is Performing Search

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FrontPage uses a Search Form component that calls the search engine of the FrontPage Server Extensions. However, if you publish your Web to a Microsoft Internet Information Server on which Microsoft Index Server is installed, the Index Server replaces the functionality delivered by the FrontPage component. Because the default configuration for Index Server is different from the FrontPage search functionality, you may experience unexpected behavior.

If you know that Index Server is performing your searches, contact your Web Presence Provider for assistance in configuring Index Server.

You can determine whether Index Server or FrontPage is performing your searches.

To do this, follow these steps:

1. Start your Web browser.
2. Open the Web site you want to check.
3. View the HTML source code of the page containing the component and look for the following line of code: b-useindexserver="x" where x equals a 1 or 0. If x equals 0, FrontPage is performing the search; if x equals 1, Index Server is performing the search.