>>Did you try put some control groups into a control class? Your objects will be decrease, because you know VFP see per controls created with control class as one object (At least shows us like that).
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>Interesting. I have never before used a Control Class. Actually, I wasn't even aware of its existence!
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>It might indeed be a (partial) solution if what's now in a container is not modified in runtime. However, all objects that are now within a container are modified in runtime. E.g. there's a shape in a container that is resized whenever the container is resized.
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>Thank you for making me aware of its existence. I'm sure there will be cases that it is a good alternative to a container.

you can access containers sub objects with properties. put your own properties to your control class and control these properties with access and assign methods. I used control class with this way.