Dynamic web template, Autoshape textbox, hyperlink corrupting

[Guest]

This is a nightmare bug! I've searched and searched and cannot find any other
reports of it, let alone solutions.

I have an intranet site developed in Frontpage 2003. (on XP sp1)

Some pages are based on a dynamic template. index.dwt.

Problem is this:
I have a table in an editable region of the page.
It contains rows; some have an autoshape textbox in them. There is some text
in the textbox.
I have made the textbox a hyperlink - to index.html (href="index.htm")

Every now and then - most obviously when I open the page and do a
Format->Dynamic Web Template->Update Selected Page - the hyperlink changes to
%5bU%5dindex.htm" (href="%5bU%5dindex.htm"). Due to this, the hyperlink is
unusable!

Ascii hex codes 5b and 5d correspond to [ and ].

As a workaround, I have been reduced to adding the hyperlink to the text
inside the textbox, which is rubbish.

Anyone help, or seen this before?

rgds,
Nick

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Avoid using VML graphic functions (AutoShapes, WordArt, TextBox, etc.) create image of the shape in
your graphic application, and import and insert on your page, then create your hyperlink.

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[Guest]

But it's too late for that - currently have about 100 pages!

I would argue that this makes the page more difficult to create and
maintain, but that is probably not the case after initial setup/training.

Also, I would have argued that making them images would stop the text being
indexed by indexserver, but the text doesnt get indexed in Autoshapes anyway
- the tags are ignored.

It's a real shame - I wish autoshapes had never been added... oh well I
guess I'll just go jump of a cliff..... or start looking for some classy
button images!

Thanks for the reply - it is appreciated!

--n

Avoid using VML graphic functions (AutoShapes, WordArt, TextBox, etc.) create image of the shape in
your graphic application, and import and insert on your page, then create your hyperlink.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================

This is a nightmare bug! I've searched and searched and cannot find any other
reports of it, let alone solutions.

I have an intranet site developed in Frontpage 2003. (on XP sp1)

Some pages are based on a dynamic template. index.dwt.

Problem is this:
I have a table in an editable region of the page.
It contains rows; some have an autoshape textbox in them. There is some text
in the textbox.
I have made the textbox a hyperlink - to index.html (href="index.htm")

Every now and then - most obviously when I open the page and do a
Format->Dynamic Web Template->Update Selected Page - the hyperlink changes to
%5bU%5dindex.htm" (href="%5bU%5dindex.htm"). Due to this, the hyperlink is
unusable!

Ascii hex codes 5b and 5d correspond to [ and ].

As a workaround, I have been reduced to adding the hyperlink to the text
inside the textbox, which is rubbish.

Anyone help, or seen this before?

rgds,
Nick