FP2000: Determining if Index Server/FrontPage is Performing Search

When you publish a Web containing a Search Form component to a Web server hosting Microsoft Index Server, the code for the component is replaced with Index Server code.

FrontPage uses a Search Form component that calls the search engine of the FrontPage Server Extensions. However, if you publish your Web to a Microsoft Internet Information Server with Microsoft Index Server installed, the Index Server replaces the functionality delivered by the FrontPage component. Because the default configuration for Index Server is different from the FrontPage search functionality, you may experience unexpected behavior.

If you know that Index Server is performing your searches, contact your Web Presence Provider for assistance in configuring Index Server.

You can determine whether Index Server or FrontPage is performing your searches.

To do this, follow these steps:

1. Start your Web browser.
2. Open the Web page that has the FrontPage Search Form component.
3. View the HTML source code and look for the following line of code:
   b-useindexserver="x"
   where x equals a 1 or 0. If x equals 0, FrontPage is performing the search; if x equals 1, Index Server is performing the search.