HTML Objects in Microsoft FrontPage 2002

The Microsoft FrontPage object model consists of three separate object models—the Application object model, the Web object model, and the Page object model that is based on Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0's Document object model.

In FrontPage, the objects in the Page object model are prefaced with an “FP” and take on the form "FPHTMLobject_name" or "IHTMLobject_name" while the objects in Internet Explorer have the form "HTMLobject_name" and "IHTMLobject_name". For example, if you want to reference the IHTMLDocument2 object in FrontPage, you would use “FPHTMLDocument.” Click any of the links in the following tables for more detailed information on the specified object.

Note  For more information about individual objects, consult The Microsoft Developer Network.

Other Programming Elements
DispFPHTMLDocument IFPStyleLength	IFPStyleState IFrontPageHostedControl2

Note  The FrontPage Page Object Model Help refers to objects, methods, properties and events that are defined in the Internet Explorer 4.0 dynamic HTML Help file (HTMLRef.chm). The examples and remarks given in this Help file were originally created for use with the JavaScript programming language. There are some differences between the JavaScript language and Microsoft Visual Basic. For example, HTMLRef.chm mentions checking for NULL when a property or method returns an object that does not exist. This is incorrect for Visual Basic. In the Visual Basic Language, the type Nothing is returned in this case. Visual Basic users can check an object for Nothing by using the Is keyword.

If MyObject Is Nothing Then

Also, many of the examples are given in JavaScript instead of Visual Basic. JavaScript is similar to the C++ language in structure and format.

The following is an example ofJavaScript.

var Table = document.all.tags("table").item(0);
var TableCell = table.rows(3).cells(2);
TableCell.innertext = ""
While (p != NULL)
{
    TableCell.innerText = p.tagName;
    var p = p.parentElement
    TableCell.innertext = p.tagName;
    TableCell.innertext += "+";
    TableCell.innertext += TableCell.innertext;
}

The following is the equivalent example in Visual Basic.

Sub SetText()

  Set TableCell = table.Rows(3).Cells(2)
  Set p = TableCell
  TableCell.innerText = ""
  Do While Not p Is Nothing
    TableCell.innerText = p.tagName & "+" & TableCell.innerText
    Set p = p.parentElement
  Loop

End Sub