additional HTML (that are not form elements) are typically added to the $form array using using #prefix and/or #suffix instead of #value.<div><br></div><div>$form['#prefix'] = 'some string to appear above the form';</div>
<div><br></div><div>$form['existing-element']['#prefix'] = 'this string will appear before the form element called existing-element';</div><div><br></div><div><meta charset="utf-8"><div>$form['existing-element']['#suffix'] = 'this string will appear after the form element called existing-element';</div>
</div><div><br></div><div>James Wilson</div><div><a href="http://www.bluesparklabs.com">http://www.bluesparklabs.com</a></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Carl Jester <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cjester@peladon.com">cjester@peladon.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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After I posted I realized I can to a _theme function to go with the _form function to help lay things out nicely without having to add .tpl files or other theme overhead to the project. I think it's time to go make friends with drupal_render().<br>
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