>Does anyone know where I could find a good white paper or at least some information describing the different events for each basic VFP object (Form, TextField, etc.) and when they are called?

LIke someone said, its in the docs somewhere, but you could also use the debugger. Look for Event Logging.

Someone mentioned "LisaG" You won't find "S" (Show) in the Event logger cause its not an event, its a method (Activate is the result event of a Show).