It's documented behavior. See RotateFlip Property in the help, Note in particular.

>Anyone know of any issues with the RotateFlip property in VFP 9?
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>I'm trying to use it, and the image rotation is not staying the way I set it.
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>Here is a link to a form in the Class Designer showing 4 tabs. The tab is comprised of a Left, Center and Right image.
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>Each of the images has the RotateFlip set differently, based on the orientation of the tab.
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>Here is a link to the same form in the Class Designer after I closed it and reopened it. The last tab I set up with the one on the right,
>so it appears that all the images are reflecting that setting somehow.
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>Then, I did a CLOSE ALL, reopened the Test form, and the reopened my Tab class.As soon as I clicked anywhere on the Tab class,this is what happened
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>Notice the images are now all screwed up.
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>1) Is the a documented bug?
>2) If so, is there a solution?
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>Thanks