Web Page with Frames Is Not Displayed Properly in Internet Explorer (169522)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows Server 2003
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows XP
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows Millennium Edition
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows 98
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows 98 Second Edition
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows Millennium Edition
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 98
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 98 Second Edition
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 for Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 for Windows 98
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 for Windows 98 Second Edition
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows 98
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows 98 Second Edition
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows 98 SP 1
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows 98 SP 2
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0
This article was previously published under Q169522

SYMPTOMS

When you are using Internet Explorer to view a Web page, a blank page may be displayed instead of a defined set of frames. If you right-click an empty area of the Web page and then click View Source, or if you right-click an empty area of the Web page, click Properties, and then click Analyze, you may receive the following message:
This document might not display properly because there is a FRAMESET within the BODY of the document. The page author can resolve this problem by
  1. Removing the BODY tag.
  2. Insuring that there is no additional HTML code between the HEAD of the document and the FRAMESET.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs if the author of the Web page has mistakenly located the <FRAMESET> tag after the <BODY> tag in the main or "framing" Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) document.

RESOLUTION

Contact the Web page author (or the administrator of the Web server) and request all <FRAMESET> tags and their underlying instructions be moved so that they precede any <BODY> tags.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

The framing HTML document defines the frame regions to be displayed in the browser and the documents or objects that initially appear in the frames.

For information about the HTML syntax for frames, see the following Web site:

http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/TR/WD-frames-970331.html

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/16/2003
Keywords:kbdisplay KB169522
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