Shared borders: REALLY how do they behave?

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Jeff G

I can't get a straight answer on this and I can't find
where MS actually says how shared borders REALLY work in
any Q articles.

1) Are they executed by the FP extensions, similar to
#include files upon client request, or

2) When the shared border file is saved, the actual BODY
HTML is written into EVERY web page. So when the client
requests it, the server serves up straight HTML with no
special IIS or FP Extension processing.

-- If this is the case (that's why I'm skeptical that
this is really true), then why does shared borders share
the same bug as #include files, meaning they tend to
repeat themselves sometimes on IIS.

Thank you to whomever responds to this. I can't find
this tech info anywhere.
 
1) No.

2) Yes

3) There are some bugs in FP2002 & the FP2002 SE so make sure you also see &
apply all appropriate patches from:

For Unix server problems on the FP2002 SE see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q299360
For NT server problems on the FP2002 SE see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q298827
For FrontPage Server Extension 2002 Update - see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q317296
For info in Service Pack 1 & 2 for FP2002 / MSO XP - see:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q325671
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Tom Pepper Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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| I can't get a straight answer on this and I can't find
| where MS actually says how shared borders REALLY work in
| any Q articles.
|
| 1) Are they executed by the FP extensions, similar to
| #include files upon client request, or
|
| 2) When the shared border file is saved, the actual BODY
| HTML is written into EVERY web page. So when the client
| requests it, the server serves up straight HTML with no
| special IIS or FP Extension processing.
|
| -- If this is the case (that's why I'm skeptical that
| this is really true), then why does shared borders share
| the same bug as #include files, meaning they tend to
| repeat themselves sometimes on IIS.
|
| Thank you to whomever responds to this. I can't find
| this tech info anywhere.
|
 
1. MS doesn't state anywhere how shared borders technically work, and the
issue with duplicates shared borders only applies to servers that have the
FP2002 extensions un-patched.

2. Shared Borders and FP Include Page components do not rely on the
extensions at run-time, since they can used in a web site that is hosted on
a server that doesn't have the FP extensions.

3. You will see the Shared Border and FP Include Page as a webbot only when
you view the page in a FP Client application.

4. Shared Borders are implemented as tables.

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