>>Is it possible to force Foxpro to instantiate the objects on a form in a specific order? If so, how?
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>It is possible only if you create objects programmatically. Why is it needed? You can always combine few controls to a container and get Container.Init event when all container components already instantiated.
Actually, if you send an object to back, it will be the first to instantiate.
(But it is usually considered bad programming to rely on the instantiation order.)
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