>Bring to front and send to back at design time will do that.
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>But depending on instantiation order is dangerous, because you have litle control over it.
>I think it's bad design, for VFP anyway.
>
>>>When I run a form how do I determine which object's init runs first. Is it determined by the taborder?
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Hello Paul:

I understand your position. Because VFP does not provide direct control by the programmer over firing order, a variety of what are basically workarounds have been created. I have experimented with a number of programmatic approaches myself. All have merit.

The real problem, however, is the lack of direct control over firing order. I have not used another OOP language that does not have such control. This is a grave deficiency in VFP and needs to be addressed by M$. I doubt it will be, however, unless users raise a fuss about it.

Regards,

JME