>Not really. < g >
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>It's been so long (VFP5) since I dealt with relying on instanciation order and the headaches involved, that maybe it no longer works that way. I changed my design to not rely on instanciation order a long time ago.
Basically, I agree here: it is easier to avoid relying on the instantiation order.
However, the instantiation order does seem to be related to the ZOrder, however unrelated those two things seem to be.
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