Or ... dare I say ... a formset, with the shadowy one clinging to the other. Not really had much truck with them (for the usual reasons) so don't know if this would make a difference.

>You can start with this blog entry from Craig Boyd
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>http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/SPSBlog/PermaLink,guid,ded0ffae-4c8f-41b9-918f-b5adfe36f140.aspx
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>I think you will need to make a transparent form, offset your real form on top (over) the transparent form, and tie the Left, Top, etc together using Bind Events.
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>Hope that gets you started in the right direction.
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>Bob
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>>I posted this yesterday and got no solutions.
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>>Does anyone know how to create a semi-transparent drop-shadow effect around
>>a form?
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>>Thanks