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Q238758: FP98: FrontPage 98b Binary Patch Can Be Applied to all Versions

Article: Q238758
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta
Last Modified: 30-JUL-2001

SUMMARY
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The FrontPage 98b binary patch can be applied to international versions of
FrontPage. You can find the FrontPage 98b binary patch at:

  http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/fp98bupd.aspx

The following list shows all versions of FrontPage 98 that the FrontPage 98b
binary patch can be applied to:

  Italian
  French
  Japanese
  English
  Deutsche
  Spanish

MORE INFORMATION
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The FrontPage 98b binary patch upgrades FrontPage Editor (fpeditor.exe) and
FrontPage Explorer (fpexplor.exe) to version 3.0.2.1706. It also updates the
fp30cutl.dll file. When the fp30cutl.dll file is updated, the date stamp of the
file is also be updated with the date and time that the patch was run.

You must have a complete version of FrontPage 98 to install the patch. When
installing the FrontPage 98b patch, a "backup" directory is created. This
directory stores the pre-existing fpeditor.exe, fpexplor.exe, and fp30cutl.dll
files.

An uninstall file is also included. This file is called unpatch.bak. You can
uninstall the patch by doing the following:

1. Locate the unpatch.bak file.

2. Right-click the file, and then click Rename on the menu that appears.

3. Rename the file to unpatch.bat.

4. Double-click the unpatch.bat file to run the uninstall file.

In addition to updating the time stamp for the fp30cutl.dll file, the FrontPage
98b binary patch updates the fp30db.dll and the fpsplash.dll time stamps.
However, unlike the fp30cutl.dll file, the fp30db.dll and the fpsplash.dll file
versions remain the same.

For information about problems that the FrontPage 98b binary patch corrects,
please refer to the following documentation:

  Q190614 FP98: Problems Corrected in the FrontPage 98b Binary Patch

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