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FP: Illegal Comments Removed from HTML Markup Bot

Retired KB ArticleThis article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.
Article ID:187777
Last Review:October 7, 2003
Revision:2.0
This article was previously published under Q187777

SYMPTOMS

After you insert an HTML Markup in a page, illegal HTML comment code may gradually be deleted one or two characters at a time from the front of the Markup each time you save or reopen the page.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, use one of the following methods:

If you are using Microsoft FrontPage 97, upgrade to FrontPage 98.

-or-

Use an alternate HTML code (or codes) that accomplishes the same thing.

Note: Legal HTML comments begin with the following characters:
     <!--
and end with the following characters:
     -->
Example: <!-- This is a legal HTML Comment -->

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows.

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APPLIES TO
Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition
Microsoft FrontPage 1.0 for Macintosh

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Keywords: 
kbfix kbinfo KB187777

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