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Thread #98559   Message #1954359
Posted By: JohnInKansas
01-Feb-07 - 06:31 AM
Thread Name: Tech: Notepad : HTML suffix ?
Subject: RE: Tech: Notepad : HTML suffix ?
IE will pop up that same warning if:

a. The basic page is defective and can't be loaded.

b. A linked object on the page can't be loaded.

c. The url (path\filename) can't be found.

If it's b, often the error message obliterates other partially loaded bits of the page, so that it looks like it's the whole thing when it's actually just some embedded bit.

Sometimes you can tell which is going on, but sometimes it can be difficult to tell which has happened.

The basic outline looks good - according to my html ref book, but a path/name error in any of the src objects could look like a more general error. "Error message" actually means "leads you to make errors."

You can eliminate a typing error (usually a path error) when you put the "url" in to load the file into IE by opening Windows Explorer, finding the file, and double-clicking it, since that way you know that the right file was sent to IE. Alternatively, instead of typing the file path/name in IE, click File | Open, punch the the Browse button, and go to the file and click it. Either way assures at least that IE will know the correct filename and its full path.

John