RE: Web Development Software

[Chuck Lundgren <lundgren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is getting to be kind of annoying. I wasn't referring to VBScript, but 
to the ability to extend FrontPage's editing environment using VBA. Here's 
an explanation of FrontPage's VBA from Microsoft:

SUMMARY

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) in FrontPage 2000 is designed to help 
you automate procedures within the FrontPage client software, not to 
deliver browse-time functionality to a Web browser.

MORE INFORMATION

One notable difference between FrontPage's programmable interfaces and the 
other Office applications is that FrontPage creates a design-time user 
experience; however, the other Office applications create a run-time 
experience. The object models of the other Office applications their 
creates solutions that run inside the binary file(s) that were created by 
the application.

FrontPage is much different than other Office applications in that VBScript 
and JavaScript are used currently to create "applications" on the Internet. 
The FrontPage programmability interfaces are designed to create utilities 
to use during the design stage of an HTML document or Web site. Once the 
Web site and its corresponding documents are designed, 
VBScript/Javascript/DHTML are used to create interactive effects.


BTW, ZDJournals has an online article titled "Integrating VBA with 
FrontPage 2000" at <http://www.zdjournals.com/mfp/0002/mfp0021.htm>. 
There's also a site FrontPage 2000 VBA site at <http://web.nova1.net/webbink/>.

That's VBA, not VBScript. Does everyone understand me now?

  ... Chuck

At 11:50 AM 3/28/00 -0800, you wrote:
>VBA is actually VBScript and performs server-side functions when run on the
>Microsoft Web Server. The functions may include ADO support for DB2 support
>or launch ActiveX objects. We at CMI use an ActiveX object to communicate
>via Sockets to our AS/400. I have just released an article call 'Using IBM
>AS/400 with the Microsoft Internet Information Server' and hope to have it
>published in an April issue of a popular midrange magazine.
>
>If you want to see this stuff in action check out http://www.cm-inc.com
>If you need any help understanding why or where this stuff fits in, email me
>directly at ken@cm-inc.com

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