Markus there is no shape but there is a GroupBox control that is exactly for that, it even have a caption on top.

>There is no shape in WinForms (although there is in WPF). So in WinForms, you may have to create it yourself. Something like this would do:
>
>

public class Shape : Control
>{
>    public override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
>    {
>        e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(this.ClientSize);
>    }
>}

>
>The code may not be exactly right as I am just typing it in by heart, but you get the idea...
>
>Markus