On a separate computer running windows 98, with office 97 I just installed the the
Front Page module from the complete version of Office 2000 into another directory
and it works just fine.  It seems I never thought about using another directory.

Microsoft never even offered this or any another solution.

Olav.

Denys Beauchemin wrote:

> I believe that is an incorrect statement.  Whilst FrontPage 2000 works with
> Office 2000, it is not necessary to have Office 2000 installed in order to
> successfully install FrontPage 2000.
>
> What problems are you experiencing now?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Denys. . .
>
> Denys Beauchemin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Olav Kappert [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:   Monday, February 19, 2001 1:56 PM
> To:     [log in to unmask]
> Subject:        Re: OT: Microsoft Question
>
> Dave:
>
> I sort of got the feeling that if Front page 2000 is to execute successfully,
> it
> must be installed with the Office suite 2000, because a large part of its code,
> and the code from the other modules, is shared between the different modules of
> the suite.
>
> Olav.
>
> Dave Darnell wrote:
>
> > Thanks Olav,
> >
> > So they wouldn't really say whether Office 97 and FrontPage 2000 can
> > coexist?  Does this imply that I need to upgrade to Office 2000?
> >
> > -dtd
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Olav Kappert [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 12:30 PM
> > > To: Dave Darnell
> > > Cc: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: OT: Microsoft Question
> > >
> > >
> > > Dave:
> > >
> > > I needed to do the same thing, but I was told that the Office
> > > suite of programs
> > > could not be mixed with other releases.  Not that it won't
> > > work, but their may
> > > be problems when the different programs communicate with each other.
> > > Microsoft's answer was why would you want to do this.
> > >
> > > Olav.
> > >
> > > Dave Darnell wrote:
> > >
> > > > Where can I get a good answer, for free, on this question?
> > > >
> > > > "I have been having system problems after installing
> > > FrontPage 2000 on my
> > > > system with Office 97 and either (Windows 95 or Windows
> > > 98).  Is there a
> > > > compatibility issue with installing FrontPage 2000 onto a
> > > machine running
> > > > Office 97?  AMD k6-2/300"
> > > >
> > > > -dtd
> > >