FP98: Page Transition Not Available on Frames Page

In FrontPage Editor, the Page Transition command on the Format menu is unavailable.

The Page Transition command is not available if you are editing a frames page. Page transitions can only be applied to individual pages linked to from the frames page.

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Method 1: Apply a Page Transition in the Frames Page Properties Dialog Box

NOTE: The following steps will apply a vertical blinds transition effect which will last twelve seconds.

1. In FrontPage Editor, open or create a frames page.
2. On the Frame menu, click Frames Page Properties.
3. Click the Custom tab.
4. In the "System Variables (HTTP-EQUIV)" section, click Add.
5. In the Name box, type the event meta name. For example, type page- enter.
   
   NOTE: For a list of event meta names and their corresponding events, please see the "More Information" section of this article.
6. In the Value box, type the meta transition effect value, by following these steps:
   
   
   1. Type the following:
      revealTrans(Duration=
      NOTE: If you want to apply a blend transition effect, type the following:
      blendtrans(Duration=
   2. After the equal sign, enter a value that represents the number of seconds you want the transition effect to take. The value must be between 0.0 and 60.0. For example, type "12.0" (without the quotation marks).
      
      NOTE: If you applied a blend transition effect, type a parenthesis after the value and then go to step 7.
   3. Type a comma (,) and then type the following:
      Transition=
   4. After the equal sign, enter a value that corresponds to the transition effect you want. For example, type 8.
      
      NOTE: For a list of the transition effect values, please see the "More Information" section of this article.
   5. Type a closing parenthesis. The value box should look similar to the following:
      revealTrans(Duration=12.0,Transition=8)
7. Click OK.
8. Click OK again.
9. Repeat steps 4 though 7 for each transition effect you want to set.
   
   NOTE: You can set a different transition effect for each event you want to set.

Method 2: Copy the Page Transition Meta Tag from a New Page

1. Create a new page and apply the transition effect by following these steps:
   
   
   1. On the File menu, click New.
   2. Click the Page tab.
   3. In the list of wizards and templates, click Normal Page, and then click OK.
   4. On the Format menu, click Page Transition.
   5. In the Page Transition dialog box, do the following:
      
      
      1. In the Event list, select the event you want to use.
      2. In the Duration box, type a value for the duration of the transition effect.
      3. In the Transition Effect box, select the transition you want.
      4. Click OK.
   Repeat steps c through e for each additional page transition you want to set.
2. Copy the page transition meta tag from the HTML source of the page you created in step 1.
   
   
   1. Click the HTML tab located at the bottom of the FrontPage Editor window.
   2. Select the meta tag. This tag will look similar to one of the following examples:
      <meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="blendTrans(Duration=5.0)">
      <meta http-equiv="Site-Exit" content="revealTrans(Duration=15.0, Transition=23)">
   3. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
   4. On the Window menu, select your frames page.
3. Paste the page transition meta tag in the HTML source of the frames page:
   
   
   1. Click the HTML tab located at the bottom of the FrontPage Editor window.
   2. Click in front of the <title> tag.
   3. Press ENTER.
   4. Press the Up arrow key.
   5. On the Edit menu, click Paste.

The following table lists the event meta names and their corresponding events: Following is a list of numbers that correspond to the transition effects you can use in FrontPage 98: