FP2000: Custom Confirmation Page Displays Form Field Name or Error Message (261971)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft FrontPage 2000
This article was previously published under Q261971

SYMPTOMS

When you use a custom confirmation page for a form that posts to a database, you may experience one of the following symptoms:
  • The name of the form field to confirm is displayed in your Web browser, rather than the value of the form field.

    -or-
  • You receive the following error message in your Web browser:
    Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions' Smart HTML interpreter on this non-HTML page: "http://nameofserver/nameofweb/nameofpage"
    where nameofserver is the name of the server, nameofweb is the web name, and nameofpage is the file name of your web; for example, http://localhost/testweb/new_page_3.htm.

CAUSE

When an ASP page is used with a custom confirmation page, the confirmation page code is not parsed along with the ASP page.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).

To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

245025 OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)

You also must obtain Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions Service Release 1.1. For information about how to obtain this service release, please browse to the following Microsoft Web site:

Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions Service Release 1.1

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/25/2002
Keywords:kbbug KB261971
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