About the FrontPage Software Development Kit
Is the FrontPage Software Development Kit for You?
The Microsoft® FrontPage® 2002 Software Developer's Kit (SDK) is
intended to provide a variety of programming examples and reference
materials that demonstrate the use of the components in FrontPage
2002 for Microsoft Office® XP.
The intended audience for this SDK is anyone interested in extending the
capabilities of FrontPage. The reader should be familiar with
FrontPage and its main components and in some cases entry-level programming
knowledge. Most of the examples shown use Microsoft Visual Basic® version 6.0;
however, there are also some examples using Microsoft
Visual C++®.
If you have limited programming experience, please review the topics in the Getting Started
section to help you quickly get up to speed on the nuances of FrontPage
programming. If you require assistance, you may want to consult with a
Microsoft Certified Partner. Our
certified
partners offer a wide
range of fee-based services, including creating custom software solutions for
FrontPage, the Office suite, and other Microsoft products.
Using the FrontPage Software Development Kit
To help you get the most out of this SDK, you will find an explanation of the
different sections below.
| Section | Description |
| Getting Started | If you are either new to development in general or new to developing
solutions for Microsoft Office applications in particular, take at look the
topics in the Getting Started section. These will get you started developing
your own applications that extend FrontPage's basic functionality. In
addition, there are a couple topics on developing with the FrontPage object
models and the differences between them. |
| Developing Solutions | If you understand the FrontPage object model but want to know the types
of solutions you can create for FrontPage, see the different sections in the
Developing Solutions section. These will help you to know how best to
develop the solutions you need to extend FrontPage functionality. |
| Sample Gallery | The Sample Gallery contains an assortment of VBA samples using the
FrontPage object models. If you want more information on how to manipulate
the files and folders in a FrontPage Web site or want to know how to modify
the HTML in a FrontPage Web page, this section will help you to understand
how the object models are used to perform these and other tasks. |
| Finding Assistance | Use the Finding Assistance section to find additional resources within
Microsoft to help you develop your projects. There is a link to the
Microsoft Office XP Developers Guide as well as several other resources,
such as access to the MSDN search page, you may find useful. |
| Trading Center | Microsoft designed the Trading Center as an online depot for projects that
FrontPage developers want to share with others. If you have an especially
cool add-in or Web component that you want to show others, please see the
Trading Center for more information. |