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Q152097: FP: Files in Discussion Web Are Overwritten

Article: Q152097
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): windows:1.1,97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage kbdta
Last Modified: 04-OCT-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack 
- Microsoft FrontPage for Windows 1.1 
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For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see Q194245.

SYMPTOMS
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When you add a new discussion Web to the current Web, the files of the first
discussion Web are overwritten.

CAUSE
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The Discussion Web Wizard creates the names of the pages using an algorithm that
uses the name of the discussion group entered in the wizard. If both of your
discussion Webs have similar names, the files of the first discussion Web may be
overwritten. This problem occurs only if both discussion Webs are created in the
same Web.

WORKAROUND
==========

To work around this problem, use either of the following methods.

Method 1
--------

Create your second discussion web in a separate subweb. Doing this removes all
possibility of conflict.

Method 2
--------

If you want both discussion webs to reside in the same Web, make sure that the
first four characters of each discussion group are unique. You can do this by
making sure that either the first four characters of the discussion title are
different, or by making sure that the title contains two or more words separated
by spaces.


Additional query words: Front Page 97

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Keywords          : kbusage kbdta 
Technology        : kbFrontPageSearch kbFrontPage1xSearch kbFrontPage97Search kbZNotKeyword3 kbFrontPage110
Version           : windows:1.1,97
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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