>hmmmm... I think I'm actually making matters worse. The zorder looks like it is used to bring something "on top" or "behind"...not the tab order.
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>There are 2 other things that might help...
>Check TabStop and TabIndex properties. (and this time I checked they are properties and not methods..sorry about that...its Monday what can I say? haha)
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>Make sure TabStop property is set to .T. on the textboxes and that the TabIndex properties are ordered properly...
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I forgot, that TabStop property was set to false for these textboxes. I also forgot the reason for this. Anyway, I set them to true now (since I don't remember the reason, and the behavior seems to be more logical with TabStop = .t.)

Thanks again.