Rounded Corners Bug Circa 2001

[JimW1]

Has anyone ever figured out a solution to this ancient bug?
http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/17336

Attached I have a cheat where I have a second data frame below the real data frame but this trick only works with white space.

It's still unresolved in Arc10.

Go Microsoft GDI:
http://forums.esri.com/Thread.asp?c=93&f=989&t=229711

[JakeMacholl]

Is it still a problem in 10.1 - if not, perhaps another reason to upgrade (again)?

[LucasDanzinger]

Unfortunately, if you are talking about NIM006938 (which is referenced in that KB), then it is not fixed. The reason being is that it is a limitation of the Windows GDI graphics engine we use.

[StephenPatterson]

I just encountered the rounded corners bug for the first time while using 10.2.  My issue was a little different than the transparency or raster overlap problems.  I had the ESRI Shaded Relief basemap in a separate layout to be used as an extent indicator.  The basemap caused the same rounded corners issue.  I removed the basemap and recreated the look I wanted with feature classes and it took care of the rounded corners just fine.

[milesmill]

It makes me so satisfied your vast understanding and wisdom have a new channel on the world.