Hi Sergey,

Thanks -- it was there staring me in the face all the time. Obviously I hadn't had
occasion to use the method before.

-mark

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>Hi Mark,
>
>For simplicity, the code below assumes that you've transparent shape with transparent borders (Shape1) on the form that defines where a dotted border box should be drawn
>

>WITH Thisform
>	lnPosX = .Shape1.Left
>	lnPosY = .Shape1.Top
>
>	FOR i=1 TO .Shape1.Width STEP 2
>		lnPosX1 = lnPosX + i - 1
>		lnPosY1 = lnPosY
>		.Line(lnPosX1, lnPosY1, lnPosX1+1, lnPosY1)
>		lnPosY2 = lnPosY1+.Shape1.Height-1
>		.Line(lnPosX1, lnPosY2, lnPosX1+1, lnPosY2)
>	ENDFOR
>
>	FOR i=1 TO .Shape1.Height STEP 2
>		lnPosX1 = lnPosX
>		lnPosY1 = lnPosY + i - 1
>		.Line(lnPosX1, lnPosY1, lnPosX1+1, lnPosY1)
>		lnPosX2 = lnPosX1+.Shape1.Width-1
>		.Line(lnPosX2, lnPosY1, lnPosX2+1, lnPosY1)
>	ENDFOR
>ENDWITH
>

>
>
>>Is there a Win API to draw a box with a dotted border EXACTLY like
>>what surrounds the caption of a clicked checkbox (such as
>>when you just clicked this message)?
>>