FrontPage Server Extensions RPC Protocol

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This reference includes information about the methods and usage of Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol in FrontPage Server Extensions from Microsoft.

See the following topics for general information about FrontPage Server Extensions RPC:

• Remote Procedure Call Protocol

• Method Syntax

• Decoded Methods

• Successful Return Values

• Error Message Format for FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions

• Server Versions for Windows SharePoint Services

• Element Identification (eid) Information for FrontPage Server Extensions from Microsoft

The following table shows the methods of Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol and provides a brief description of each.

Name	Description
add document to source control	Adds a file to a source control database.
apply border	Designates the top, bottom, left, or right side of a page as reserved.
apply stylesheet	Links a cascading style sheet to a page or to an entire Web site.
apply theme	Applies a theme to the named service.
checkin document	Returns a file to source control.
checkout document	Enables the user currently authenticated to make changes to a document under source control.
create service	Creates a Web site (service) with the name service_name.
create url-directories	Creates a set of standard directories (folders).
create url-directory	Creates a folder for the current Web site, but only used for backward compatibility.
getDocsMetaInfo	Provides the meta-information for the files in the current Web site.
get document	Retrieves the specified document for viewing on the client computer.
get documents	Retrieves the specified documents for viewing on the client computer.
get manifest	Retrieves a manifest for the specified site.
get theme	Downloads a customized theme from the server.
get web struct	Provides the meta-information and internal element identification information (eid) of the pages that make up the navigational structure of the specified Web site.
html-table add row	Adds a row to a table.
html-table change row	Sends a change in the Task status table to FrontPage Server Extensions from Microsoft.
html-table remove row	Removes a row in the Task status table maintained by FrontPage Server Extensions from Microsoft.
list documents	Provides a list of the files, folders, and subsites complete with meta-information for each file contained in the initialUrl parameter of the specified Web site.
list themes	Returns a list of the themes applied to the selected Web site.
list versions	Retrieves metadata for all the versions of the specified document.
move document	Changes the name of the selected document to the new name provided by the user.
open service	Provides meta-information for a Web site to the client application.
put document	Writes a file to a directory in an existing Web site.
put documents	Writes files to a directory in an existing Web site.
put manifest	Deploys a manifest on the specified site.
put theme	Uploads a theme to a Web site.
put web struct	Sends changes made to the navigation structure of the Web site to the Web server.
recalc control	Instructs FrontPage Server Extensions from Microsoft to either recalculate or not recalculate links, components (bots), and other dependencies in the Web site.
remove documents	Deletes the specified documents or folders from the Web site specified by the service_name parameter.
remove service	Deletes the service specified by the service_name parameter.
rename service	When the name of a Web site is changed in Microsoft FrontPage, sends the new name to the server that is running FrontPage Server Extensions from Microsoft.
rename url	Changes hyperlinks to an old URL within the specified pages into hyperlinks to a new URL.
replace web struct	When publishing a Web site, used to set the structure for the Web site.
server version	Requests the version of FrontPage Server Extensions from Microsoft in use on the Web server.
setDocsMetaInfo	Provides the server with the standard meta-information concerning the designated file. This method is sent whenever you change the properties of a file.
set document meta-info	Included to provide backward compatibility with Microsoft FrontPage 98.
set service meta-info	Provides a way to add or change meta-key values on the server for the service_name Web site.
uncheckout document	Undoes a check-out of a file from a source control database.
url to web url	Given a URL for a file, returns the URL of the Web site to which the file belongs, and the subsite, if applicable.