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Q176927: FP98: Newest to Oldest Order Doesn’t Work in Discussion Web

Article: Q176927
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): MACINTOSH:1.0; WINDOWS:
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta
Last Modified: 08-NOV-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows 
- Microsoft FrontPage for the Macintosh, version 1.0 
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For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see Q197624.

SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to list a table of contents in newest to oldest order in the
Discussion Web Wizard after you have installed the FrontPage 98 Server
Extensions, the articles are posted in oldest to newest order instead.

For example, if you post three articles before you upgrade the FrontPage Server
Extensions, they will be listed in newest to oldest order in the Tocproto.htm
file. After you upgrade the FrontPage Server Extensions, the original articles
retain their order, but new articles are posted in oldest to newest order, as
shown in the following table.

  Articles Posted Before                  Order of Articles After
  Upgrading Server Extensions             Upgrading Server Extensions
                                          and Three More Articles Posted
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               3                                        4
               2                                        5
               1                                        6
                                                        3
                                                        2
                                                        1

RESOLUTION
==========

To prevent this behavior you must install the updated version of the FrontPage
Server Extensions. Upgrading the extensions will not fix the existing posts, but
will correct the order on posts published after the upgrade. For more
information about obtaining and installing the FrontPage Server Extensions,
please see the following Microsoft Web site:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/languages/fp/default.asp

STATUS
======

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

This problem was corrected in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions, version
3.0.2.1330.

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

The Tocproto.htm file determines the order of articles posted in your discussion
Web. When you select newest to oldest order, the article is added to the top of
the Tocproto.htm file. When you select oldest to newest, the article is added to
the bottom of the file. The Tocproto.htm file is located in the following
folders:

  Windows 95: Webshare/wwwroot/name of Web/_disc
  Windows NT: Inetpub/wwwroot/name of Web/_disc

Additional query words: TOC Discussion Newest to Oldest front page

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Keywords          : kbdta 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbFrontPageSearch kbZNotKeyword8 _IKkbZNotKeyword4 kbZNotKeyword kbFrontPage98Search kbFrontPageMac kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : MACINTOSH:1.0; WINDOWS:
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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