David,

That was said about the VFP report designer and reporting in general :)
One can still hope...

>Mike,
>
>Since it's been like this for a long time, don't expect it to change.
>
>>Thanks for your research into this issue. I still think it should behave differently, i.e. the container's border should always show regardless of if it cuts off a contained control.
>>
>>Perhaps SP2 :)