Error Creating Web Application Using Visual InterDev (238881)



The information in this article applies to:

  • FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions from Microsoft
  • Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0
  • Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows

This article was previously published under Q238881

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to create a new project with Visual InterDev, the following error message may occur:
Cannot create a disk-based Web application in 'C:\WINNT\Profiles\username\Personal\Visual Studio Projects\Projectname\Projectname_Local'. Config File "": value "Global FrontPageRoot" not found.
Note: The path in the error message may vary due to your configuration.

CAUSE

Visual InterDev checks the Frontpg.ini file for the FrontPageRoot directive. If the directive is not there, the project is not created and the error message occurs.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, do the following:
  1. Click Start, and then click Run.
  2. Type "Frontpg.ini" (without the quotation marks) in the Open: dialog box and click OK. (This opens the Frontpg.ini file in Notepad.)

    Note: If there is no Frontpg.ini file on the computer, create a text file with this name and save it to the Winnt folder.
  3. Make sure that the file looks similar to the following:

    [FrontPage 3.0]
    FrontPageRoot=d:\Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage
    FrontPageLangID=0x0409
    UILangAbbrev=enu
    NoAbsoluteFileResults=1
    NoServerFileResults=1
    BotCacheDir=d:\Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage\BotCache
    CheckedHostName=treys
    HostOverride=
    							

  4. If the FrontPageRoot entry is missing, add the following in the [FrontPage 3.0] section:

    FrontPageRoot=

    You do not need to add a value.
  5. Save the file.
You should now be able to create a project.

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194798 PRB: Cannot Create Disk-based Web App or Unable to Contact Web

191965 PRB: Cannot Create Disk-Based Web Application in InetPub\WWWRoot


Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/17/2003
Keywords:kbprb KB238881