Yes it helped, the order of events just seemed, illogical.

Also annoying since I had loaded the Powerpatch tape first.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DOVANO,MICHAEL (HP-Cupertino,ex1)
>
> It is important to note here that the order in which reactive
> patch and
> PowerPatch tapes are loaded does not affect the order the patches get
> installed. The qualification process insures that the most
> forward patch in
> the patch tree (a set of patches that touch similar components) gets
> installed. In other words, if your reactive patch supersedes
> something off
> the PowerPatch tape, then Patch/iX will qualify the reactive one and
> disqualify the other.
>
> Hope this helps!