>James,
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>If the controls don't have any attributes that "require" you to have them on the form at design time, you can AddObject() them in the form init, and have full control over the instantiation order.

Hello David:

You are absolutely right. However, if you addobject() the controls at run time, you give up most of the advantages of having a graphic design interface. While most of the time one does use addobject() to populate forms -- especially those with many control that would take a long time to load otherwise -- I still believe M$ should provide a means of positively setting initiation order at design time.

I realize there are all kinds of ways of working around the problem of not having positive control over firing order -- but that's all they are: workarounds. If M$ would correct this grave design flaw, these workarounds would not be necessary.

Regards,

JME