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Hi ;)

I would like to create a frame around a set of letters. I figure out two ways of doing this but both are error prone. Do you have any Ideas how to create frame around a set of stimuli  in a easy and robust way?  Espetialy, it is posible to set transparent background and change border width in a <shape>, /shape = rectangle? 

Bellow my ways of creating frame, mayby you will figure out how to upgrade it

1) Creating letter in frame by merging shape and text of difrent sizes - manipulating text txbgcolour to create border

<shape FRAME>
/ shape = rectangle
/ size = (100,200)
/ position = (50,50)
</shape>

<text A>
/ items = ("A")
/ txbgcolor = white
/ vjustify = center
/ position = (50,50)
/ size = (90,190)
</text>

<trial A_in_frame >
/ stimulustimes = [0=FRAME,A]
/ timeout = 1000
</trial>

#This does not work properly if I place more than one letter in a random location within a frame ;(


2) Creating letter in frame by mergin four shapes to create frame around letter

<shape Side_bottom>
/ shape = rectangle
/ size = (120,10)
/ position = (50,59.1)
</shape>

<shape Side_left>
/ shape = rectangle
/ size = (10,205)
/ position = (47,50)
</shape>

<shape Side_right>
/ shape = rectangle
/ size = (10,205)
/ position = (53,50)
</shape>

<shape Side_up>
/ shape = rectangle
/ size = (120,10)
/ position = (50,41)
</shape>

<text B>
/ items = ("B")
/ vjustify = center
/ position = (50,50)
</text>

<trial frame>
/ stimulustimes = [0=Side_bottom,Side_left,Side_right,Side_up,B]
/ timeout = 10000
</trial>

this seems to work fine, but is quite complicaed to set up proper size of frame  ;(


Thanks for any advice.