XSL tag appears in a textbox instead of the correct value in Office FrontPage 2003 (817119)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003

SYMPTOMS

When you create a textbox inside a Data View Web Part in Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003, and then try to populate the Initial Value box of the textbox with an Extensible Stylesheets Language (XSL) attribute tag to represent the value of that field, the textbox may display the XSL tag. When you preview the page, the tag does not resolve to the value that the tag represents.

CAUSE

When you put a tag in the Initial Value box, the textbox displays the text that you type in the Initial Valuebox.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, replace the XSL tag with the name of the field. To do so, follow these steps:
  1. Start FrontPage 2003, and then open the page that you are having problems with.

    Note To create a textbox in FrontPage 2003, point to Form on the Insert menu, and then click textbox.
  2. Double-click the textbox to display the Properties dialog box.
  3. In the Initial Value box, type the name of the field that you want to appear in the textbox surrounded with curly braces and preceded by the @ symbol, and then click OK.

    For example, if you want to display the value of the Title field in the textbox, type {@Title} in the Initial Value box of the textbox.
  4. On the File menu, click Save.
  5. In the text lower-left corner of the FrontPage 2003 Design window, click Preview.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/10/2006
Keywords:kbXML kbdisplay kbprb KB817119