ASP bookmark woes

Guest · Apr 28, 2004

I'm getting a little desperate here...

I've built an .asp page using Frontpage 2003 that contains an alphabet list of hyperlinks that will (ideally) connect to bookmarks inside of a table containing a list of countries - one country per table cell.

The problem I'm having is that the links jump down the page just fine from within the Frontpage preview window, but do not work when previewing in a browser (I.E. 6.0 in my case). I can convert the page to .html and the links work just fine - however I do have example pages on our corporate intranet that seem to be effectively using bookmarks with .asp pages, so it seems to be possible. I've compared the source code for these pages against the source for my page (as generated by Frontpage) and see no differences in syntax. I'm limited to .asp when designing pages for our intranet, so I can't simply change formats.

I'm at the end of my rope - any suggestions would be very welcome.

(I cannot include a link as this page lives on our intranet - I could perhaps paste the code into a message...)

Jack Brewster · Apr 28, 2004

Can you provide a snip of the generated HTML? Both the the links and the
targets?

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Outlander said:
I'm getting a little desperate here...

I've built an .asp page using Frontpage 2003 that contains an alphabet

list of hyperlinks that will (ideally) connect to bookmarks inside of a
table containing a list of countries - one country per table cell.

The problem I'm having is that the links jump down the page just fine from

within the Frontpage preview window, but do not work when previewing in a
browser (I.E. 6.0 in my case). I can convert the page to .html and the
links work just fine - however I do have example pages on our corporate
intranet that seem to be effectively using bookmarks with .asp pages, so it
seems to be possible. I've compared the source code for these pages against
the source for my page (as generated by Frontpage) and see no differences in
syntax. I'm limited to .asp when designing pages for our intranet, so I
can't simply change formats.

I'm at the end of my rope - any suggestions would be very welcome.

(I cannot include a link as this page lives on our intranet - I could

perhaps paste the code into a message...)

Guest · Apr 28, 2004

This piece contains all of it, I think

<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="535"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="1" width="100%" id="table7"><tr><td><a href="#A">A</a> &nbsp
<a href="#B">B</a> &nbsp
<a href="#C">C</a> &nbsp
<a href="#D">D</a> &nbsp
<a href="#E">E</a> &nbsp
<a href="#F">F</a> &nbsp
<a href="#G">G</a> &nbsp
<a href="#H">H</a> &nbsp
<a href="#I">I</a> &nbsp
<a href="#J">J</a> &nbsp
<a href="#K">K</a> &nbsp
<a href="#L">L</a> &nbsp
<a href="#M">M</a> &nbsp
<a href="#N">N</a> &nbsp
<a href="#O">O</a> &nbsp
<a href="#P">P</a> &nbsp
<a href="#Q">Q</a> &nbsp
<a href="#R">R</a> &nbsp
<a href="#S">S</a> &nbsp
<a href="#T">T</a> &nbsp
<a href="#U">U</a> &nbsp
<a href="#V">V</a> &nbsp
<a href="#W">W</a> &nbsp
<a href="#X">X</a> &nbsp
<a href="#Y">Y</a> &nbsp
<a href="#Z">Z</a></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="535"><o

><hr noshade color="#FF9933" size="1"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="3" width="102%" id="table6" cellpadding="2" style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><tr><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="A">A</a>  </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="left" valign="top" class="tdItem"><a name="H">H</a>hungary </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="O">O</a>  </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top" width="121"><a name="V">V</a>  </td></tr><tr><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="B">B</a><a href="BELGIUM.asp">belgium</a> </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="I">I</a>israel  </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="P">P</a>poland  </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top" width="121"><a name="W">W</a>  </td></tr><tr><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="C">C</a>czech republic </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="J">J</a>  </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="Q">Q</a>  </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top" width="121"><a name="X">X</a>  </td></tr><tr><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="D">D</a>denmark </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="K">K</a>kuwait </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="R">R</a>russia </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top" width="121"><a name="Y">Y</a>  </td></tr><tr><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="E">E</a>  </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="L">L</a>  </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="S">S</a>saudi arabia 
south africa <a href="SPAIN.asp">spain</a> 
sweden 
switzerland </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top" width="121"><a name="Z">Z</a>   </td></tr><tr><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="F">F</a>finland </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="M">M</a>  </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="T">T</a>turkey </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top" width="121"> </td></tr><tr><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="G">G</a>greece </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="N">N</a>netherlands 
norway </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="U">U</a>united arab emirates </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top" width="121"> </td></tr></table></div> <a href="#top">Back to top</a></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="535"> </td></tr></table>

Thomas A. Rowe · Apr 28, 2004

Try formatting the link as:

pagename.asp#A

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Outlander said:
This piece contains all of it, I think:

<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="535"><div align="center"><table border="0"

cellspacing="1" width="100%" id="table7"> said:
<a href="#B">B</a>  
<a href="#C">C</a>  
<a href="#D">D</a>  
<a href="#E">E</a>  
<a href="#F">F</a>  
<a href="#G">G</a>  
<a href="#H">H</a>  
<a href="#I">I</a>  
<a href="#J">J</a>  
<a href="#K">K</a>  
<a href="#L">L</a>  
<a href="#M">M</a>  
<a href="#N">N</a>  
<a href="#O">O</a>  
<a href="#P">P</a>  
<a href="#Q">Q</a>  
<a href="#R">R</a>  
<a href="#S">S</a>  
<a href="#T">T</a>  
<a href="#U">U</a>  
<a href="#V">V</a>  
<a href="#W">W</a>  
<a href="#X">X</a>  
<a href="#Y">Y</a>  
<a href="#Z"><font

color="#0000FF">Z</a></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td align="left"
valign="top" width="535"><o

><hr noshade color="#FF9933" size="1"><div align="center"><table
border="0" cellspacing="3" width="102%" id="table6" cellpadding="2" style="line-height: 100%;
margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><tr><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"
class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a
name="A">A</a>  </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0" align="left" valign="top" class="tdItem"><a name="H">H</a>hungary </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom:
0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a
name="O">O</a>  </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top" width="121"><a name="V">V</a>  </td></tr><tr><td style="line-height:
100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="B">B</a><a href="BELGIUM.asp">belgium</a> </td><td style="line-height: 100%;
margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-variant:

small-caps"> said:
italy </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0;

margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-variant:

small-caps"> said:
portugal </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0;

margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top" width="121"><a name="W">W</a>  </td></tr><tr><td style="line-height:
100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="C">C</a>czech republic </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="J">J</a>  </td><td style="line-height: 100%;
margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="Q">Q</a>  </td><td style="line-height: 100%;
margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top" width="121"><a name="X">X</a>  </td></tr><tr><td
style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left"
valign="top"><a name="D">D</a>denmark </td><td style="line-height: 100%;
margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="K">K</a>kuwait </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom:
0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a
name="R">R</a>russia </td><td
style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"
width="121"><a
name="Y">Y</a>  </td></tr><tr><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top:
0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="E">E</a>  </td><td style="line-height: 100%;
margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="L">L</a>  </td><td style="line-height: 100%;
margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-variant:

small-caps"> said:
south africa <a href="SPAIN.asp">spain</a> 
sweden 
switzerland </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0;

margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top" width="121"><a name="Z">Z</a>   </td></tr><tr><td
style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left"
valign="top"><a name="F">F</a>finland </td><td style="line-height: 100%;
margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="M">M</a>  </td><td style="line-height: 100%;
margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="T">T</a>turkey </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom:
0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top" width="121"> </td></tr><tr><td style="line-height:
100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="G">G</a>greece </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom:

0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"> said:
norway </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0;

margin-bottom: 0" class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"><a name="U">U</a>united arab
emirates </td><td style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"
class="tdItem" align="left" valign="top"
width="121"> </td></tr></table></div> <a
href="#top">Back to top</a></td></tr><tr><td align="left"
valign="top" width="535"> </td></tr></table>

Guest · Apr 29, 2004

No luck - here's the example line I tried for the hyperlink

<a href="index.asp#A">A</a>   (no change to the bookmark tag

same problem: "The page cannot be displayed" error

Some additional info: I have the page authoring options set to Custom with all boxes checked and I.E. 5.0 as the schema version.

Thomas A. Rowe · Apr 29, 2004

Is the actual bookmark, also a Capital "A"

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Outlander said:
No luck - here's the example line I tried for the hyperlink:

<a href="index.asp#A">A</a>   (no change to the bookmark tag)

same problem: "The page cannot be displayed" error.

Some additional info: I have the page authoring options set to Custom with all boxes checked and

I.E. 5.0 as the schema version.

Guest · Apr 29, 2004

Yes - I read on another string something about mis-matched cases, so I made sure to match the link text and bookmark names

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Is the actual bookmark, also a Capital "A

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Outlander said:
No luck - here's the example line I tried for the hyperlink

I.E. 5.0 as the schema version

Thomas A. Rowe · Apr 29, 2004

Here is another solution that you can use, since you are using ASP...

In HTML View delete the <a name="bookmark letter"> tags and then do the following:

Before the opening <html> tag add:

<%
Dim Section
Section = Request.QueryString("s")

If Section = "" Then
Sec = "A"
Else
Sec = Request.QueryString("s")
End If
%>

Then surround each section (former bookmark content) of your page

<% If Sec = "A" then %>
content
<% End If %>
<% If Sec = "B" then %>
content
<% End If %>
<% If Sec = "C" then %>
content
<% End If %>

etc

Change you hyperlinks to read:

index.asp?s=A
index.asp?s=B

etc
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