Find & Replace FrontPage 2000

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Michael Viveiros

I am trying to change a department name using Find and
Replace in Frontpage. This has worked properly for years,
however it no longer works. The list of files that
Frontpage creates based on the Find is wrong and it makes
you open all of these files. The only thing that has
changed recently is the installation of the .Net
evironment on my laptop.

Any suggestions would be appreciated....

Thanks
Michael
 
Michael Viveiros said:
I am trying to change a department name using Find and
Replace in Frontpage. This has worked properly for years,
however it no longer works. The list of files that
Frontpage creates based on the Find is wrong and it makes
you open all of these files. The only thing that has
changed recently is the installation of the .Net
evironment on my laptop.

Any suggestions would be appreciated....

Thanks
Michael
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Michael,

Are some of the pages that are returned correct? What if you just search
for part of the name? If FrontPage has wrapped your value, for example:
<p>Department Name</p>

is now:
<p>Department
Name</p>

then you won't be able to find "Department Name" to be replaced.

Something that may help for future pages (won't help with this search and
replace problem now, sorry) is to use FrontPage's substituition tool. With
it you can create a variable that is placed on the page that gets it's value
from a central place. It's good for things such as names, phone numbers,
etc. I believe the file must be part of a web for this to work.

The following are steps for FP2002 but I think it's the same in FP2000.

Add substitution values to your web:
- Click "Tools | Web Settings..."
- Select the "Parameters" tab
- Click "Add..."
- Enter a 'useful' name in the "Name" box
(By useful, I mean something that is recognizable later, not something
obscure like fstnm, instead use firstname or First Name.)
- Add the text to the "Value" box
- Click "OK" and get back to your page

To add the substitution value to your page:
- Click the spot on the page you want the substition to occur
- Click "Insert | Web Component..."
- Select the "Included Content" Component type
- Select the "Substitution" Content type

You'll be provided with a list of default values and the values that you
entered. Just pick the right one, click OK, and save the page. It will be
updated with the value. Later, if that value changes, just change it and
all the pages that reference it will be updated.

Sorry we didn't have this conversation earlier. :)

Good luck!
 
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