No Design time Controls even after a repair then uninstall..

John D. Gwinner · External Since: Jun 18, 2007 Posts: 5

For some reason, my 'Design time Controls' have disappeared.

Insert->Web Component->Advanced Controls->Design-Time Control

The "Insert Web Component" dialog box says "There are no design-time
controls installed". The page listing all of the controls won't show up, so
I can't manually add any.

I've repaired, uninstalled and reinstalled Front Page (2003) multiple times,
and even tried installing it in a location other than c:\program files.

The 'bots' directory currently has the FPCOUNT directory with a FPCount.inf
file in it. Still no Design-Time controls.

I believe this issue resulted from when I attempted to load some of the
design time controls from the Front Page SDK by following the SDK
instructions to copy the 'bots' directory. I have since removed all of
those.

I've also manually cleaned the registry, still no luck.

So ... how do I get back my Design-Time Controls?

== John ==

John D. Gwinner · External Since: Jun 18, 2007 Posts: 5

No one has any ideas?

"John D. Gwinner" <jgwinneratdazsidotcom.DeleteThis@ignoreme.com> wrote in message
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> For some reason, my 'Design time Controls' have disappeared.
>
> Insert->Web Component->Advanced Controls->Design-Time Control
>
> The "Insert Web Component" dialog box says "There are no design-time
> controls installed". The page listing all of the controls won't show up,
> so I can't manually add any.
>
> I've repaired, uninstalled and reinstalled Front Page (2003) multiple
> times, and even tried installing it in a location other than c:\program
> files.
>
> The 'bots' directory currently has the FPCOUNT directory with a
> FPCount.inf file in it. Still no Design-Time controls.
>
> I believe this issue resulted from when I attempted to load some of the
> design time controls from the Front Page SDK by following the SDK
> instructions to copy the 'bots' directory. I have since removed all of
> those.
>
> I've also manually cleaned the registry, still no luck.
>
> So ... how do I get back my Design-Time Controls?
>
> == John ==
>

Tom Willett · External Since: Jun 11, 2006 Posts: 1601

What design-time controls did you originally have installed, and where did
you install them from?
--
===
Tom Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
===
"John D. Gwinner" <jgwinneratdazsidotcom.DeleteThis@ignoreme.com> wrote in message
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| No one has any ideas?
|
| "John D. Gwinner" <jgwinneratdazsidotcom.DeleteThis@ignoreme.com> wrote in message
| news:u3d%23cldsHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
| > For some reason, my 'Design time Controls' have disappeared.
| >
| > Insert->Web Component->Advanced Controls->Design-Time Control
| >
| > The "Insert Web Component" dialog box says "There are no design-time
| > controls installed". The page listing all of the controls won't show
up,
| > so I can't manually add any.
| >
| > I've repaired, uninstalled and reinstalled Front Page (2003) multiple
| > times, and even tried installing it in a location other than c:\program
| > files.
| >
| > The 'bots' directory currently has the FPCOUNT directory with a
| > FPCount.inf file in it. Still no Design-Time controls.
| >
| > I believe this issue resulted from when I attempted to load some of the
| > design time controls from the Front Page SDK by following the SDK
| > instructions to copy the 'bots' directory. I have since removed all of
| > those.
| >
| > I've also manually cleaned the registry, still no luck.
| >
| > So ... how do I get back my Design-Time Controls?
| >
| > == John ==
| >
|
|

John D. Gwinner · External Since: Jun 18, 2007 Posts: 5

> What design-time controls did you originally have installed, and where did
> you install them from?

I believe just the built in ones; installed from the Universal MSDN CD's
with a valid key. (on one machine, per the license agreement).

The BOTS directory has a single sub directory called FPCOUNT. However, it
doesn't show up.

There's a UI issue in that if you don't have ONE installed you can't install
others, as the button to install an add in is on the page that shows the
existing add ins. If I got to select a design time control, a message box
says "you don't have any" and offers an OK button.

I followed the instructions in the (really poor) FPSDK to simply copy the
sample BOTS directory into the BOTS directory in Front Page. That started
the trouble ... although I have to admit it might have been missing before.

I also tried a reinstall to a totally different directory; same results.
The BOTS directory does exist and is back to being vanilla:

6/18/2007 11:30 <DIR> FPCOUNT
6/18/2007 11:30 <DIR> ..
6/18/2007 11:30 <DIR> .

== John ==

"Tom Willett" <tompepper DeleteThis @mvps.invalid> wrote in message
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> What design-time controls did you originally have installed, and where did
> you install them from?
> --
> ===
> Tom Willett
> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

Ronx · External Since: Dec 12, 2003 Posts: 5967

The default FP2003 installation (install everything to disc) does not
provide any design-time controls, and my bots folder is the same as
yours.
Fpcount is the FrontPage hit counter, added by Insert->Web
Component->Hit Counter
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.

http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp

FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

"John D. Gwinner" <jgwinneratdazsidotcom RemoveThis @ignoreme.com> wrote in message
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> > What design-time controls did you originally have installed, and where did
> > you install them from?
>
> I believe just the built in ones; installed from the Universal MSDN CD's
> with a valid key. (on one machine, per the license agreement).
>
> The BOTS directory has a single sub directory called FPCOUNT. However, it
> doesn't show up.
>
> There's a UI issue in that if you don't have ONE installed you can't install
> others, as the button to install an add in is on the page that shows the
> existing add ins. If I got to select a design time control, a message box
> says "you don't have any" and offers an OK button.
>
> I followed the instructions in the (really poor) FPSDK to simply copy the
> sample BOTS directory into the BOTS directory in Front Page. That started
> the trouble ... although I have to admit it might have been missing before.
>
> I also tried a reinstall to a totally different directory; same results.
> The BOTS directory does exist and is back to being vanilla:
>
> 6/18/2007 11:30 <DIR> FPCOUNT
> 6/18/2007 11:30 <DIR> ..
> 6/18/2007 11:30 <DIR> .
>
> == John ==
>
> "Tom Willett" <tompepper RemoveThis @mvps.invalid> wrote in message
> news:uaAOtZ1tHHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > What design-time controls did you originally have installed, and where did
> > you install them from?
> > --
> > ===
> > Tom Willett
> > Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

Steve Easton · External Since: Oct 15, 2003 Posts: 8044

They are there in my FP 2003 install.

--

Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm

"Ronx" <ronx917.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> The default FP2003 installation (install everything to disc) does not provide any
> design-time controls, and my bots folder is the same as yours.
> Fpcount is the FrontPage hit counter, added by Insert->Web Component->Hit Counter
> --
> Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
>
> http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp
>
> FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
>
>
>
>
> "John D. Gwinner" <jgwinneratdazsidotcom.DeleteThis@ignoreme.com> wrote in message
> news:Okq2OLBuHHA.1672@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:
>
>> > What design-time controls did you originally have installed, and where did
>> > you install them from?
>>
>> I believe just the built in ones; installed from the Universal MSDN CD's
>> with a valid key. (on one machine, per the license agreement).
>>
>> The BOTS directory has a single sub directory called FPCOUNT. However, it
>> doesn't show up.
>>
>> There's a UI issue in that if you don't have ONE installed you can't install
>> others, as the button to install an add in is on the page that shows the
>> existing add ins. If I got to select a design time control, a message box
>> says "you don't have any" and offers an OK button.
>>
>> I followed the instructions in the (really poor) FPSDK to simply copy the
>> sample BOTS directory into the BOTS directory in Front Page. That started
>> the trouble ... although I have to admit it might have been missing before.
>>
>> I also tried a reinstall to a totally different directory; same results.
>> The BOTS directory does exist and is back to being vanilla:
>>
>> 6/18/2007 11:30 <DIR> FPCOUNT
>> 6/18/2007 11:30 <DIR> ..
>> 6/18/2007 11:30 <DIR> .
>>
>> == John ==
>>
>> "Tom Willett" <tompepper.DeleteThis@mvps.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:uaAOtZ1tHHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> > What design-time controls did you originally have installed, and where did
>> > you install them from?
>> > --
>> > ===
>> > Tom Willett
>> > Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
>

Tom Willett · External Since: Jun 11, 2006 Posts: 1601

Kathleen Anderson [MVP - · External Since: Dec 17, 2003 Posts: 2191

Not mine either. It's in the list under Advanced Controls, but it is grayed
out.

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~ Kathleen Anderson
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
Spider Web Woman Designs
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"Tom Willett" <tompepper.RemoveThis@mvps.invalid> wrote in message
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> Not mine.
> --
> ===
> Tom Willett
> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
> ---
> FrontPage Support:
> http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
> ===
> "Steve Easton" <admin.RemoveThis@95isalive.com> wrote in message
> news:Ok3%23k5FuHHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> | They are there in my FP 2003 install.
> |
> | --
> |
> | Steve Easton
> | Microsoft MVP FrontPage
> | FP Cleaner
> | http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
> | Hit Me FP
> | http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
> |
> |
> | "Ronx" <ronx917.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> | news:u9SegVBuHHA.4504@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> | > The default FP2003 installation (install everything to disc) does not
> provide any
> | > design-time controls, and my bots folder is the same as yours.
> | > Fpcount is the FrontPage hit counter, added by Insert->Web
> Component->Hit Counter
> | > --
> | > Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
> | > Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
> | >
> | > http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp
> | >
> | > FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
> | >
> | >
> | >
> | >
> | > "John D. Gwinner" <jgwinneratdazsidotcom.RemoveThis@ignoreme.com> wrote in
> message
> | > news:Okq2OLBuHHA.1672@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:
> | >
> | >> > What design-time controls did you originally have installed, and
> where did
> | >> > you install them from?
> | >>
> | >> I believe just the built in ones; installed from the Universal MSDN
> CD's
> | >> with a valid key. (on one machine, per the license agreement).
> | >>
> | >> The BOTS directory has a single sub directory called FPCOUNT.
> However,
> it
> | >> doesn't show up.
> | >>
> | >> There's a UI issue in that if you don't have ONE installed you can't
> install
> | >> others, as the button to install an add in is on the page that shows
> the
> | >> existing add ins. If I got to select a design time control, a
> message
> box
> | >> says "you don't have any" and offers an OK button.
> | >>
> | >> I followed the instructions in the (really poor) FPSDK to simply copy
> the
> | >> sample BOTS directory into the BOTS directory in Front Page. That
> started
> | >> the trouble ... although I have to admit it might have been missing
> before.
> | >>
> | >> I also tried a reinstall to a totally different directory; same
> results.
> | >> The BOTS directory does exist and is back to being vanilla:
> | >>
> | >> 6/18/2007 11:30 <DIR> FPCOUNT
> | >> 6/18/2007 11:30 <DIR> ..
> | >> 6/18/2007 11:30 <DIR> .
> | >>
> | >> == John ==
> | >>
> | >> "Tom Willett" <tompepper.RemoveThis@mvps.invalid> wrote in message
> | >> news:uaAOtZ1tHHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> | >> > What design-time controls did you originally have installed, and
> where did
> | >> > you install them from?
> | >> > --
> | >> > ===
> | >> > Tom Willett
> | >> > Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
> | >
> |
> |
>
>

John D. Gwinner · External Since: Jun 18, 2007 Posts: 5

Weird.

And if it is, how do you add them?

I copied the contents of the 'bots' folder after building with the SDK but
they never showed up.

Basically, with this install it's impossible to add them!

== John ==

"Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FrontPage]" <spiderwebwoman DeleteThis @mvps.org> wrote in
message news:ey05pSMuHHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Not mine either. It's in the list under Advanced Controls, but it is
> grayed out.
>
> --
>
> ~ Kathleen Anderson
> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
> Spider Web Woman Designs
> web: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
> Please reply to the newsgroup for the benefit of others.