Editing pages(html,aspx) in FP2003 using the edit button in IE6

[Ram]

FrontPage 2003 will have to take a web address like
http://intranet/marketing/test.aspx and open the actual source code file
(not the HTML output), if the website is in a local network shared directory.
I have a local network shared directory that has
the source code copy of the webpage hosted on my web server. FP opens
http://intranet/marketing/test.aspx rather than
\\intranet\marketing\test.aspx
But, FP is messing up with this.When I press the edit button in IE6.0,I
noticed Iam actually working on "live" pages; i.e., you are editing the very
page that is on your web site. so after I make the
changes and save the original file gets overridden and the whole website is
messed up.Has anyone had such problems how do I solve this problem? i.e How
to teach FP to open the actual source code file (not the HTML output)?
PLEASE HELP!
Thanx a million.

 

[Jim Buyens]

In general FrontPage will open the "source" .aspx file if and only if the Web
server is running the FrontPage Server Extensions or WSS.

Otherwise, you'll need to start FrontPage (or Visual Studio) first, and then
open the fileshare location.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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