Post a sample of the HTML code for the page/form you're asking about to this
newsgroup. In the page with the problem go to the Code View (click the tab
at the foot of the screen).
Copy the code between the <form> and </form> tags into a (reply) message to
this thread, and send it to the newsgroup...
Since you don't have the live site set up, we can't see what you're
describing, so David Berry requested you post the "problem" code so he can
decipher where the problem might be. We can't help you much more than we
already have by advising you that forms shouldn't have the outline you
describe, when viewing the form in a proper browser.
If you view the form (preview in browser) do the lines still show around the
form? The dotted outline in the design view just indicates the form on the
screen in a visual way, so you know where it begins and ends.