You're welcome.

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