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by eckardtk

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Hallo,

I have several date/time type fields and I want to place a rectangle around this group of fields. But, I also would like to include the required date format into to top of the rectangle. How can I accomplish this?

--------dd--- mm----yyyy------
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| text box |

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by thumbsup2

If this is an HTML FORM, you can use the FIELDSET and LEGEND tags to enclose the text box.

by maevinn

Draw the rectangle, then add a label. You can group the items together so they'll all move as a unit for layout changes.

by eckardtk

Hallo Maevinn,
this is certainly something I can do (and may well end up doing).

I had seen an example where the date format was made part of the the rectangle itself and it looked quite instructive to me. So, I wondered whether something like that would require writing code (what I cannot do).

by maevinn

The rectangle feature does not include any sort of display option.

I don't understand what you mean when you say it was part of the rectangle? Can you post a screen shot?

by eckardtk

Hallo Maevinn,
I am glad you asked that question. Now, I know there must be a way to post screenshots here. But, how will I go about it ?

by maevinn

Upload it to someplace like photobucket and then post a link. No way to embed, just link.

by maevinn

They drew the rectangle, and then labels were created for the text, and then placed on top of the rectangle.

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