FP: Frame Wizard Erases Existing Content of Frame Set

• Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
• Microsoft FrontPage for Windows, version 1.1

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Frames Wizard to edit a frame set master page that has existing content, the Frames Wizard will overwrite the file, replacing the data from the original page with a new Frames Wizard master page.

CAUSE

Each time the Frames Wizard is used to edit frames in a page, it retrieves only the frame set tags and (if an alternate page has been specified previously in the Frames Wizard) the WebBot Include component that contains the reference to the alternate page.

These frame set tags and the WebBot Include component contain the sizes, names, and URL references of the frames. Any other data in the file is ignored. When the Frames Wizard saves the page, it creates a new file with the newly modified frame data and saves it over the old file, replacing any data that previously existed.

WORKAROUND

If you need a page for browsers that do not support frames, specify an alternate page in the Frames Wizard and edit the alternate page instead of using the frame set master page.

MORE INFORMATION

If an alternate page is specified, the Frames Wizard uses a WebBot Include component to insert the alternate page in the appropriate .htm file in the /_vti_shm folder. The corresponding .htm file in the root Web directory is updated with the actual contents of the alternate page.