FP97: How to Troubleshoot Errors With Text Converters (163583)

SUMMARY

Microsoft FrontPage 97 allows you to convert files from several formats into HyperText Markup Language (HTML) format. FrontPage will also convert your files in the following cases:

When you paste content into FrontPage Editor.
When you use a drag and drop operation to move content into FrontPage Editor.
When you import a file into FrontPage Editor.

This article provides information about how to troubleshoot problems that occur when you convert documents to or from FrontPage 97.

MORE INFORMATION

To troubleshsoot problems that occur when you convert documents, add the following statement to the [FrontPage 2.0] section of the Frontpg.ini file:

ConverterDebug=rtf,htm,dbg

NOTE: You must type the variables in lower-case or they will not work. For example, type rtf instead of "RTF" (without the quotation marks).

In this command, RTF instructs FrontPage to save the RTF temporary file that is created when you import your FrontPage file into a word processing program (such as Microsoft Word), using an import converter (such as the Mswrd832.cnv file). HTM instructs FrontPage to save the HTML temporary file that is created when you use the Html32.cnv file. DBG instructs FrontPage to display a message box which identifies the converter that you used and a return code. The message box appears when the conversion is completed.

You can use these three parameters (RTF, HTM, and DBG) in any combination or any order, but they must be comma-delimited and lower-case.

Temporary files are saved in the \temp folder of the folder in which you installed FrontPage. By default, FrontPage installs in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage\ folder.