>Can someone please tell me where to find the order events fire in. i.e. Activated, load, show etc...

Are you talking about WebForms or WinForms?

Here's an article on Code Project that shows the order for WebForms (search for "event order"):

http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/InsideMasterPages.asp

I don't have any links bookmarked, but you could find lots more with a Google search for: "event order" .NET

~~Bonnie