Karen,
I drop a colored rectangle (shape object) behind the edit box. This also
gives you flexibility to change the color on the fly if desired.
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Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 10:59 AM
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Form design question
Wait, I just thought of a problem with John's
suggestion of making the TEXT a different color.
Doesn't help you when the field is empty... So
I'd have to throw that option out.
Karen
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