FP98: How to Create IDC/HTX Files in FrontPage 98

In Microsoft FrontPage 97, Internet Database Connector (IDC) and HyperText Markup Language extension (HTX) files are created by using templates in FrontPage Editor. These templates are not available in Microsoft FrontPage 98. This article describes how to create IDC and HTX pages in FrontPage 98.

Creating an HTX File

To create an HTX file, follow these steps:

1. Start FrontPage Explorer.
2. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Folder.
   
   A new folder called New_Folder is created.
3. Right-click the New_Folder folder and click Rename on the menu that appears.
4. Type a descriptive name such as Scripts.
5. Right-click the Scripts folder and click Properties on the menu that appears.
6. Click the General tab.
7. Click to select the "Allow scripts or programs to be run" check box. Click OK.
8. Double-click the Scripts folder.
9. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Page.
10. Right-click the page and click Rename on the menu that appears.
11. Change the file name extension from HTM to HTX.
12. Double-click the page to open it in FrontPage Editor.

Creating the IDC File

To create an IDC file, follow these steps in the same folder you created for the HTX file:

1. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Page.
2. Right-click the page and click Rename on the menu that appears.
3. Change the file name extension from HTM to IDC.
4. Double-click the page to open it in the Internet Database Connector Wizard.

For additional information about using IDC and HTX files, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For more information about IDC, click the Index tab in FrontPage Help, type the following text

and then double-click the selected text to go to the To edit an IDC file topic.