FP98: Import Web Wizard Imports More Levels Than Specified

ID: Q184406

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to import a web from a World Wide Web site, FrontPage will import items below the root level even though you selected the "Limit to this page plus" option and set the Levels Below value to zero.

NOTE: To specify a limit to the number of levels, run the Import Web Wizard. On the Choose Download Amount panel, click to select the "Limit to this page plus" check box, and type in a new value or click the arrows to select a value in the Levels Below box.

CAUSE

FrontPage will preserve the contents of the Web that you are attempting to import. Therefore, if one of the pages in your Web contains an image or sound file located in a subfolder of the Web, the subfolder and the image and sound files specific to that page will be imported to preserve the integrity of the Web.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The "Limit to this page plus" option limits how many directories below the specified file should be imported. You cannot limit how far down the hyperlink structure to import.

This behavior occurs because the Import Web Wizard starts with the document you specified on the Choose Source panel, reads all hyperlink information on that page, and then imports the source page of each hyperlink. Note that FrontPage will import all HTML files first and then the image files. When it is finished importing the images into the Web, FrontPage will import other documents it finds.

FrontPage will stop importing files when one of the following occurs:

It reaches the size limit you specified in the "Limit to" option on the Choose Download Amount panel.

It finishes importing all the text and image files if you selected the "Limit to text and image files" option on the Choose Download Amount panel.

It finishes importing files from the directory you specified on the Choose Source panel. FrontPage will not import files in directories below what you specified.

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Keywords          : kbdta fpexp 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 27, 1999