Cetin,
what is different about VFP7.0? I wound up using the shape instead of the container because the form has a lot of text boxes and it is much easyer to control the order if they are all in one object (the form).
By the way, thanks to all of you for your help.
John
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>John,
>If not a top level form with a grid or VFP7.0 then you could use a shape. Otherwise use a container which works in all cases and nicer for grouping objects.
>Cetin
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