Starting again simply

Stanfield, Vicki {D167~Indianapolis} wrote:

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        self.panel = wxPanel(self,-1,style=wxALIGN_BOTTOM|wxALIGN_CENTER)
        self.panel.quote = wxStaticText(self, -1, "Your quote :",wxPoint(20, 30))
        outerboxsizer.Add(self.panel)

You are making the quote a child of self, you want it to be a child of self.panel.

HTH,
Mike

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