Customizing Work Item Types: Putting a label on a work item form without a control

here's tricky thing. want put label, explanation of on work item form. can't find way achieve looking @ entire list of available elements. has every felt similar need , found solution this. here's pro forma of layout snipped work item type defintion i'm envisioning.

i have added labe type control i'd alabel. thing doesn't exist of course, the rest of it is pro forma in fact have form 4 columns , text field in each , want embracing label describe 4 columns.

 <group label="progress">
              <column percentwidth="100">
                <group>
                    <column percentwidth="100">
                        <control label="the 4 fields below ... blah blah." type="label"/>
                    </column>
                </group>
                <group>
                      <column percentwidth="24">
                        <group label="1">
                          <column percentwidth="100">
                            <control .../>
                          </column>
                        </group>
                      </column>
                      <column percentwidth="1"/>
                      <column percentwidth="24">
                        <group label="2">
                          <column percentwidth="100">
                            <control .../>
                          </column>
                        </group>
                      </column>
                      <column percentwidth="1"/>
                      <column percentwidth="24">
                        <group label="3">
                          <column percentwidth="100">
                            <control .../>
                          </column>
                        </group>
                      </column>
                      <column percentwidth="1"/>
                      <column percentwidth="24">
                        <group label="4">
                          <column percentwidth="100">
                            <control fieldname="sonardata.scheduling.docoqacompletedwork" type="fieldcontrol" label=" " labelposition="left"/>
                          </column>
                        </group>
                      </column>
                    </group>
                </column>
            </group>

your insights appreciated.

i thinking maybe way go create custom work item control called "label", that, has no other features. done such thing? seen such thing? vs2008 have improvements here? missing something.

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project manager, manager of support, quality assurance , documentation

such cases work around use follwoing 2 approaches:-
approach (1)
1- add new field defenition and use allowedvalues rule, make 1 list item details want.
2- use default rule, make default value in list item.
3- use required rule no 1 can empty list.
3- in layout section, label field hint or whatever.
4- text want add more 100 percent length of control , appears chopped, in allowed values list if click on text expand in tool tip control , full text appear.
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in feilds section
<field type="string" name="add feild name here" refname="add ref here">
        <allowedvalues>
          <listitem value="add text here" />
        </allowedvalues>
        <default from="value" value="add same text here" />
        <required />
      </field>
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in layout section
<control fieldname="add ref here" type="fieldcontrol" label="hint:" labelposition="left" />
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-------------------------------------- end of approach (1)
approach (2)
1- add new field definition, use default rule, make default value , paste text want in value attrivute.
2- in layout section add field, label field hint or whatever.
3- make type attribute equals to htmlfieldcontrol
4- make readonly attribute equals true
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in fields section
<fielddefinition type="string" name="add name here" refname="add ref here">
  <default from="value" value="add text here" />
</fielddefinition>
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in lauoyt section
<control fieldname="add ref here" type="htmlfieldcontrol" label="hint:" labelposition="left" readonly="true" />
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-------------------------------- end of approach (2)

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quality assurance engineer

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