Windows 7 will not allow FrontPage extenstions?

Larry

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Oct 27, 2009, 8:01:37 PM10/27/09

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I ran the Windows 7 upgrade test on my system. For Frontpage it gave the
following:

Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002
version 10.0.2701.0
Microsoft Corporation
Uninstall first
You need to uninstall this program before upgrading to Windows 7. You won't
be able to install it after upgrading to Windows 7.

I am running FrontPage 2000. Can I presume this means that Win7 will not
allow Frontpage extensions at all?

Tom Willett

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Oct 28, 2009, 8:49:51 AM10/28/09

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It will not allow that version of FP extensions. MS has farmed out the
extensions to:

http://www.rtr.com/fpse/
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:I ran the Windows 7 upgrade test on my system. For Frontpage it gave the

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Stefan B Rusynko

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Oct 29, 2009, 4:18:48 AM10/29/09

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But RTM doesn't support Windows 7 either (only IIS7 on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008)
See http://www.rtr.com/fpse/faq1.htm#Windows%207%20and%20the%20FrontPage%20Server%20Extensions

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Tom Willett

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Oct 29, 2009, 9:00:33 AM10/29/09

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That is correct.

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: But RTM doesn't support Windows 7 either (only IIS7 on Windows Vista or

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Larry

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Oct 29, 2009, 8:04:01 PM10/29/09

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So I presume ALL Frontpage users are SOL for an upgrade to Windows 7, for a
theoretically better version than Vista?
Would there be a version of the extensions that is allowed?

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Tom Willett

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Oct 30, 2009, 8:46:47 AM10/30/09

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They would certainly be SOL unless/until RTR makes extensions for Win7.
When/If there will be any further extensions development for other O/S? Who
knows.

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: So I presume ALL Frontpage users are SOL for an upgrade to Windows 7, for

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Larry

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Oct 30, 2009, 8:03:53 PM10/30/09

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Thanks Tom - I have sent them an email to find out if this will be a future
offering. Will let you know their response.

Larry

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Ronx

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Oct 31, 2009, 5:03:15 AM10/31/09

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Any reason why you can't use a disc-based web? A disc based web located in
the wwwroot folder would work if you tested pages using
tp://localhost/ - except for those pages that require extensions (forms).
For those who don't need a server for testing FrontPage works perfectly on
Windows 7, so not EVERY FrontPage user is SOL.

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Larry

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Oct 31, 2009, 3:09:13 PM10/31/09

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I already use localhost for FrontPage testing. I use the extensions for
online forms. I've tried using Perl on a Dreamweaver web that uses forms and
was able to get it to work but it is difficult to work with. Does not
provide the type of completion page you can easily design with FrontPage, or
if it can I haven't figured out how yet (:- ]
If there is a better form handler than Perl could you please let me know?

I will "hang in there" with XP for a while I guess.

Larry
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> Any reason why you can't use a disc-based web? A disc based web located
> in the wwwroot folder would work if you tested pages using

Ronx

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Almost anything is better than Perl - I've used it.

What you use depends on where (which server - Unix or Windows) your site is
eventually hosted on, and what your host supports.
On Windows servers you can use "classic" asp, asp.NET or PHP. On Unix
usually only PHP, but some support asp and a tiny number support asp.NET.
You can download a Windows version of PHP and use that for testing. In
addition, Expression Web has some support for PHP which is lacking in
FrontPage.

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> I already use localhost for FrontPage testing. I use the extensions for
> online forms. I've tried using Perl on a Dreamweaver web that uses forms
> and was able to get it to work but it is difficult to work with. Does not
> provide the type of completion page you can easily design with FrontPage,
> or if it can I haven't figured out how yet (:- ]
> If there is a better form handler than Perl could you please let me know?
>
> I will "hang in there" with XP for a while I guess.
>
> Larry
> "Ronx" <ron...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Any reason why you can't use a disc-based web? A disc based web located
>> in the wwwroot folder would work if you tested pages using

Larry

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Thanks Ronx. I'll do some experimenting with PHP.

Larry
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Karl E. Peterson

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Nov 24, 2009, 5:03:39 PM11/24/09

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Tom Willett was thinking very hard :

>> But RTM doesn't support Windows 7 either (only IIS7 on Windows Vista or
>> Windows Server 2008) See
>> http://www.rtr.com/fpse/faq1.htm#Windows%207%20and%20the%20FrontPage%20Server%20Extensions
>

> That is correct.

Well, crud. That just sucks. :-(

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Tom Willett

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Nov 24, 2009, 5:16:26 PM11/24/09

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That's okay, Karl. Just don't use Windows 7, yet ;-)
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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: Tom Willett was thinking very hard :

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Karl E. Peterson

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Nov 24, 2009, 5:51:55 PM11/24/09

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Tom Willett used his keyboard to write :

>> Well, crud. That just sucks. :-(
>

> That's okay, Karl. Just don't use Windows 7, yet ;-)
> If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

My XP system was going on 3-yrs old, and the wear and tear was horridly
obvious. It needed to be rebuilt. So, after testing all sorts of
stuff, I decide, WTH? Shoulda known. <sigh>

So, I got IIS7 running. Trying to open http://localhost in FP2003 is
just not working. Nothing I can do to get that happening?

I'm thinking, I can always use a VM, but what a friggin' hassle!

Ronx

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Nov 25, 2009, 3:32:08 AM11/25/09

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Windows 7 XP Mode may help - it is a virtual machine running Windows XP Pro
with USB support, and programs open as if they are in Windows 7 - but the
first program does take a long time to open.

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Karl E. Peterson

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Nov 25, 2009, 12:43:11 PM11/25/09

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It happens that Ronx formulated :

>>>> Well, crud. That just sucks. :-(
>>>
>>> That's okay, Karl. Just don't use Windows 7, yet ;-)
>>> If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
>>
>> My XP system was going on 3-yrs old, and the wear and tear was horridly
>> obvious. It needed to be rebuilt. So, after testing all sorts of stuff, I
>> decide, WTH? Shoulda known. <sigh>
>>
>> So, I got IIS7 running. Trying to open http://localhost in FP2003 is just
>> not working. Nothing I can do to get that happening?
>>
>> I'm thinking, I can always use a VM, but what a friggin' hassle!
>

> Windows 7 XP Mode may help - it is a virtual machine running Windows XP Pro
> with USB support, and programs open as if they are in Windows 7 - but the
> first program does take a long time to open.

Yes, I'm very familiar with VPC and becoming familiar with its W7
version. I'm curious what you mean by "may help" - in what regard,
specifically?

Thanks...

rh

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I had the same issues when I bought a Vista PC with not being able to use FPExtensions. However, I installed Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and WinXP and it works great. I also use DeskSpace and assigned MVPC2007 to Desktop 4 so that it is in its own space. It's not a hassle as much as another step to do what I want to do. I now have a Win7 laptop that (unfortunately) came with Home Premium so I cannot use VM. However, I have read that MVPC2007 can be installed and used with Win7 as in Vista. Haven't tried it yet, but worth a try for anyone in our situation.

Karl E. Peterson wrote:

Tom Willett used his keyboard to write :My XP system was going on 3-yrs old,
24-Nov-09

Tom Willett used his keyboard to write :

My XP system was going on 3-yrs old, and the wear and tear was horridly

obvious. It needed to be rebuilt. So, after testing all sorts of
stuff, I decide, WTH? Shoulda known. <sigh>

So, I got IIS7 running. Trying to open http://localhost in FP2003 is
just not working. Nothing I can do to get that happening?