Access database updating Frontpage website on one PC

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I have read a variety of threads and still struggling
I run XP / Frontpage 2002 / Access 2002
I have installed IIS

I wish to develop a local website based on one pc for personal use with the
data all stored on the hard drive. I want various pages to pull information
from the Access Database depending on the query I use.

I imported the database, selected the correct mdb file and added file then
ok'd it
I then created a page, saved as index.asp, inserted a database result (with
no query for now)
Viewed using FP i get :
"the page must be fetched from a web server or browser" mesage where the
results should be
I then changed the asp file to open with IE then all i see is the HTML coding

Any help greatly received
 
Being self taught with most of this - http://localhost. doesnt mean alot to
me - could you expand for please

I am guessing i have to type this in my browser with additional file
information??
 
You need to be running Windows 2000 Pro, Windows XP Pro or Windows 2003.
Install IIS with FrontPsge extensions.
Publish the site to http://localhost/sitename (where sitename is a
short, single word with NO punctation that will be the name of your site
on your PC.)

Then the page can be viewed in the browser using
http://localhost/sitename/pagename.asp

If you are running Windows XP Home, then publish the site to a Windows
server that supports ASP. You cannot view asp pages on Windows XP Home.
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Publish the asp file to a web server running Windows IIS & ASP. That's what
it means by "this page must be viewed on a web server....".
 
If you browse to http://localhost/sitename/ then that will display the
index.asp page (assuming that specific file has been set as the 'default'
page - you can specify the default file name(s) in IIS admin in Windows XP
Pro).
 
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