FP98: Invalid Target Frame Reference Causes New Browser to Load (193984)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q193984

For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see 197962.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 and earlier version of this article, see 158816.

SYMPTOMS

When you click a hyperlink in your browser, another instance of the browser is loaded.

CAUSE

An invalid frame name was specified as the target frame for the hyperlink. An invalid name is a name that does not reference a frame in the current frame set.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Most Web browsers allow you to target different frames within a frame set. Assigning a target frame that exists within the context of the current frame set activates this feature.

When a frame is assigned as a target, the name must exactly match a frame that exists in the current frame set (note that these names are case-sensitive). If the name of the frame is incorrect, a new instance of the browser will be loaded.

For example, a frame set page with two frames aligned vertically where the left frame is named "content" and the right frame is named "main." If you want a hyperlink that is activated in the "content" frame to load a specified page in the "main" frame, you must specify "main" as the target frame.

If, however, you set a link in the "content" frame to display a page in the "Main" frame (and you use an uppercase "M" instead of a lowercase "M"), a separate instance of the Web browser will be started.

For more information about frames and frame sets, click the Index tab in FrontPage Help, type the following text

frames pages, creating

double-click "overview," and then double-click the "About Frames and Frames Pages" topic.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/3/2001
Keywords:kbbug KB193984
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