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+<!-- BEGIN optionlist -->
+		<option {selected} VALUE="{value}">{text}</option>
+<!-- END optionlist -->
+
+<!-- BEGIN submit_button -->
+		<input tabindex="{button_tabindex}" class="phpgw_buttontext" type="submit" value="{button_value}" name="{button_name}">&nbsp;
+<!-- END submit_button -->
+
+<!-- BEGIN border_top_nohead -->
+	<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="{border_top_width}">
+		<tr>
+			<td width="5" height="5"><img src="/images/borders/topleft.png"></td>
+			<td background="/images/borders/top.png"><img src="/images/borders/pixel.gif"></td>
+			<td width="5" height="5"><img src="/images/borders/topright.png"></td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td width="5" background="/images/borders/leftside.png"><img src="/images/borders/pixel.gif"></td>
+			<td bgcolor="{grey1}">
+				<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="100%">
+					<tr>
+						<td bgcolor="{grey1}">
+<!-- END border_top_nohead -->
+
+<!-- BEGIN border_top -->
+	<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="{border_top_width}">
+		<tr>
+			<td width="5" height="5"><img src="/images/borders/topleft.png"></td>
+			<td background="/images/borders/top.png"><img src="/images/borders/pixel.gif"></td>
+			<td width="5" height="5"><img src="/images/borders/topright.png"></td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td width="5" background="/images/borders/leftside.png"><img src="/images/borders/pixel.gif"></td>
+			<td bgcolor="{grey1}">
+				<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="100%">
+					<tr>
+						<td bgcolor="{headerB}" class="phpgw_whitetext">{border_header_text}</td>
+					</tr>
+					<tr>
+						<td bgcolor="{grey1}">
+<!-- END border_top -->
+
+<!-- BEGIN border_bottom -->
+						</td>
+					</tr>
+				</table>
+			</td>
+			<td width="5" background="/images/borders/rightside.png"><img src="/images/borders/pixel.gif"></td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td width="5" height="5"><img src="/images/borders/bottomleft.png"></td>
+			<td background="/images/borders/bottom.png"><img src="/images/borders/pixel.gif"></td>
+			<td width="5" height="5"><img src="/images/borders/bottomright.png"></td>
+		</tr>
+	</table>
+<!-- END border_bottom -->
+<!-- BEGIN randomdata -->
+						{data}
+<!-- END randomdata -->
+