Put the asp.net code in the CodeBehind page and bind to the elements on the
page. Do not mix code and tags. That bears repeating: Do not mix code and
tags.
If you follow this rule, you will find that she is very unlikely to mess
with your code. She can alter the look and feel at any time, as long as she
does not delete the ASP.NET tags you are binding to, so you will find fewer
headaches.
IF ... you mix code and tags, you may end up with a case where either she or
FrontPage alters something and creates a great pain for you.
BTW, my "official" MVP designation (although I spend almost all my time in
..NET groups) was awarded in FrontPage. I use FrontPage (and Dreamweaver -
perhaps a boo! hiss! from the MS purists ;->) with Visual Studio .NET all
the time. As long as you keep code separate from the tagged page, you will
be fine. As most of the architecture samples you can download use this
methodology, you can find plenty of sample code to get started with this
methodology. SOME books, esp. the early ones, mix code and tags, which I
would avoid like the plague.
NOTE: In ASP.NET 2.0 - released with VS.NET 2004 next year, the rules are
altered slightly, but the IDE, at least up to the PDC alpha, supports the
full CodeBehind methodology, so none of what you are about to do will be
obsolete next year.
--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
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"Jim Heavey" <Ji*******@nospam.com> wrote in message
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I have a friend that does all of their web page development in FrontPage
and she has asked me to create some asp.net pages for here with some db
functionality. I know nothing of Frontpage ans she knows little about
ASP.Net.
My question is that if she designs the "appearance" of the web page in
front page, can I just suck that page into asp.net and then add all of my
controls and the code behind page? I know that the framework requires the
installation of the frontpage extensions, so they must somehow
collaberate.
Should I be concerned? Is there information available on the subject that
I should read up on?
Thanks in advance for your assistance!!!!