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Q160616: FP: Unable to Use Scroll Bar, Page Displayed Incorrectly

Article: Q160616
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.0,1.0a,1.1,97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdisplay kbdta
Last Modified: 30-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows 
- Microsoft FrontPage for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.0a, 1.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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In FrontPage Editor, when you view a web page that is taller than 32 KB pixels,
the page may be displayed incorrectly and you may be unable to use the scroll
bar.

NOTE: In Windows NT, the page is displayed as expected, but you cannot use the
scroll bar. In Windows 95, the data will be wrapped from just beyond the 32 KB
limit and it will be drawn over the beginning of the file. (The data drawn at y
= 32 KB + 10 is drawn as if it's at y = 10. The way the data is displayed does
not affect the contents of the HTML document tree, so saving the file doesn't
delete any data.)

CAUSE
=====

Standard Windows scroll bar support uses a 16-bit value internally, so it may
not perform as expected on pages taller than 32 KB pixels (about 40 pages). This
behavior occurs regardless of how big the HTML file is. FrontPage does not have
internal routines for handling page scrolling beyond the limits of the standard
Windows scroll bar.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this problem, press CTRL+PAGE DOWN or CTRL+PAGE UP on your keyboard
to view the page.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
================

Pages greater than 32 KB pixels may be extremely slow when they are loaded in a
Web browser. To avoid this situation (and to make the browsing experience more
convenient for the people accessing your web), split large pages into several,
smaller pages.

Additional query words: 1.1a 97

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Keywords          : kbdisplay kbdta 
Technology        : kbFrontPageSearch kbFrontPage97 kbZNotKeyword2 kbFrontPage1xSearch kbFrontPage97Search kbFrontPage100 kbFrontPage100a kbFrontPage110
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,1.0a,1.1,97
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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