>>>>>Some more info: The command group has 6 buttons in it, all of which are custom class buttons. The init for the first 2 will fire OK. The init for the remaining 4 does not fire.
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>>>>Are you sure those four are of the custom class? In the group's init, suspend and check those four buttons - their class specially. My hunch is that the first two are more equal than the later four.
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>>>I'm not sure how to do that. Suspending in the group init leaves the form not visible. Checking the property sheet in the designer shows the same class and class library for all 6 buttons.
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>>When you suspend, in the debugger put THIS into the watch window, then drill down its .Buttons array, or check .optionbutton3 (or whatever they may be called).
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>Can't you get all that info in the Locals debug window?
Not at that point, the objects are still instantiating and the variables to reference them aren't created yet. After objects' .init() have fired, then yes.