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Q170624: FP97: Data Loss After Using "View or Edit HTML" Dialog Box

Article: Q170624
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage kbdta
Last Modified: 26-SEP-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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In FrontPage Editor, when you use the HTML command on the View menu to edit a
very large file, you may experience any of the following symptoms:

- The scroll bar does not function as expected in the Web browser.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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

- You cannot enter new text in the "View or Edit HTML" dialog box.

- When you click OK to close the "View or Edit HTML" dialog box, some of your
  text is deleted.

- The Show Color Coding check box in the "View or Edit HTML" dialog box is
  selected, but some of the HTML markup is not color coded.

CAUSE
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FrontPage 97 Editor does not have internal data structures large enough to
accurately handle very large documents.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft FrontPage
98 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION
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As a general rule, if you cannot enter any additional text, without first
deleting text in the "View or Edit HTML" dialog box, do not click OK or you will
lose some of your text. If you experience any of the problems described in the
"Symptoms" section, you should avoid using the HTML command on the View menu.


WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, break up the large document into smaller documents
before you use the HTML command on the View menu.

Additional query words: truncate denude pave trash

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Keywords          : kbusage kbdta 
Technology        : kbFrontPageSearch kbFrontPage97 kbZNotKeyword2 kbFrontPage97Search
Version           : :
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb
Solution Type     : kbfix

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