PDF layering problem

I am creating an interactive pdf with Indesign CS5.
I have buttons popping up over top of each other.
I have those buttons on layers - one over the other.
When I preview it looks fine but when I create pdf the lower layer is over top of the higher layer.
I even looked at the Acrobat layers and they are correct.
What's up with that?

Okay I just fixed it by editing form in Acrobat and putting the layer I want on top - at the bottom.
I seems to work backwards.
Still doesn't explain why it's wrong in the first place.
Anyone?

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