You receive a "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions' Smart HTML interpreter on this non-HTML page" error message when you submit a form

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SYMPTOMS

When you submit a form, you may receive the following error message:

Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions' Smart HTML interpreter on this non-HTML page: http://servername/subweb/default.asp

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CAUSE

This issue can occur when you submit a form to an invalid location.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

1. Right-click the form, and then click Form Properties on the shortcut menu.
2. In the File name box, confirm that the name and location for the file that will contain form results are valid. By default, this file is located in the _private folder of the current Web.

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions

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Keywords:

kbforms kberrmsg kbprb KB310700

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