Yup - Frames & Preview problems are known issues w/ KB 818529
See
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;325192
Also see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;323759
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| Created new XP installation w/ SP1. Installed Office 2003 and then FP 2003.
| Worked OK.
|
| Downloaded 25mb of Windows update file, The display problem came back.
|
| Finally, removed Q818529 and the problem when away. Tried several times,
| always same result.
|
| Mike
|
| PS
| Absolute vs. Relative link. Every time I changed it in FrontPage 2002,
| FrontPage would change it back. Finally had to change it in Dreamweaver to
| make it permanent.
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| | > The only thing I can see common to all your frames is that you wrap all
| your pages in each frame (and most of your tables) in an
| > absolute positioned <div> tag (often smaller than your page / table
| content) and then insert a fixed px table - Try removing the
| > absolute positioning from your outer div tags
| >
| > I had no problem in opening the frames in FP2003 and previewing them in
| Design or preview mode
| > Are you sure you have FRAMES and CSS turned on in Authoring under Tools
| Page Options compatibility (although I turned them off and
| > was still able to open view all OK)
| >
| > Also when you installed the B2TR did you also install the MSO TR 1st (for
| the common items), then the FP TR
| >
| > PS
| > Remove all spaces from File/Folder names and
| > You have some broken links to your hard disc at
| >
http://www.swscc.com/home_page.htm
| > <BODY
| background="file:///D:/Data%20Files/My%20Projects/SWSteel/Webs/Southwest%20S
| teel/images/SWS%20Page%20Background.JPG"
| > _____________________________________________
| > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| >
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > _____________________________________________
| >
| >
| | > | I can not follow your logic. These web sites display correctly in:
| > |
| > | FrontPage 2000
| > | FrontPage 2002
| > | FrontPage 2003 Beta 2
| > | Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
| > |
| > | but not in:
| > |
| > | FrontPage 2003 Beta 2 Tech. Refresh
| > |
| > | Even so, I should see something on the screen even with bad code
| (generated
| > | by FrontPage 2000 or 2002). When I apply XML formatting rules to the
| code I
| > | would expect it to be cleaned up if their are errors.
| > |
| > | My intention is to build a clean WinXp SP1 machine w/ FrontPage 2003
| this
| > | weekend. If it displays correctly at this point, I will see what happens
| as
| > | restore the machine to it's present configuration.
| > |
| > | As to existing web sites, try:
| > |
| > |
www.smcusa.biz (frames behind intro page)
| > |
www.ari-ipg.com
| > |
www.swscc.com
| > |
| > | Mike
| > |
| > | | > | > Sounds more like a broken tag somewhere (missing a closing " or >)
| > | > Is the site published anywhere or can you post your frameset html code
| > | snippet
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| > | > _____________________________________________
| > | > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > | > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > | > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > | >
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > | > _____________________________________________
| > | >
| > | >
| > | | > | > | Short lived success. This fix only worked as long as I was
| previewing
| > | > | unsaved pages. Once a page was saved to disk it could no longer be
| > | previewed
| > | > | in the frames page.
| > | > |
| > | > | Mike
| > | > |
| > | > | | > | > | > This is funny.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > I must remove one line of code from each page and they will
| display
| > | > | > perfectly in frames.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > And that line of code is:
| > | > | >
| > | > | > <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 6.0">
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Mike
| > | > | >
| > | > | > | > | > | > > I have not problems opening a Frames site in FP2003 BTR and
| using
| > | > | Preview
| > | > | > > Do you have Frames enabled in Tools Page Options Authoring
| > | > | > >
| > | > | > > If so, Do you have a URL for one of the sites
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| > | > | > > _____________________________________________
| > | > | > > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > | > | > > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > | > | > > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > | > | > >
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > | > | > > _____________________________________________
| > | > | > >
| > | > | > >
| > | > | > | > | > | > > | I have a couple of customer web sites that use frames. In the
| > | original
| > | > | > beta,
| > | > | > > | a preview would display the frame pages correctly. In the beta
| > | > | > update/patch,
| > | > | > > | the preview does not display anything. The individual pages do
| > | display
| > | > | > > | correctly however.
| > | > | > > |
| > | > | > > | Would someone else please try this and post the results?
| > | > | > > |
| > | > | > > | Thanks, Mike
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