Well, this might work, but I really don't want to use this method since it happends so rarely and I rather recreate the objects to get it right in design mode...

>>I have a problem, which has been in VFP 6 and 7 and it makes you go crazy when it appears...
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>>I have a shape around almost all my object, but from time to time, this shape object decieds for itself that it has to be on top of everything, no matter how you try to "Send to back". Well, when you do the send to back, it looks ok, you save the form and exit... But when you open the form again... The shape is still there, on top of everything... The only thing you can do, is to remove all object that the shape hides and recreate them. SO ANNOYING... Is this a known bug, or does it only happends to me? Anyone who knows a better workaround?
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>As a workaround, and if the problem affects you mainly at runtime, perhaps you can send it to back in the Init(). Use the ZOrder property.
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>HTH, Hilmar.