Span Rows/colums in TableLayout in code.

[DnD.ECS.Developer]

I found this but to no avail:
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...light=span+row

I have generic fields and labels that I put inside already predefined table layouts. Some fields need to span rows/columns and I can't figure out how to do it within code (aka not in the designer).

Any ideas? Any help is greatly appreciated

[DnD.ECS.Developer]

I figured out the above issue quite soon after posting, but I'm running into another problem.

I changed my method to take a created label which I wasn't too excited about but it got the job done. Here's the method:

Public Function buildBasicLabel(ByVal labelName As Label, ByVal text As String, ByVal font As Font, ByVal align As Integer)
        Dim tmpLabel

        If IsNothing(labelName) Then
            tmpLabel = New Label()
        Else
            tmpLabel = labelName
        End If

        If IsNothing(font) Then
            tmpLabel.Font = New Font(FontFamily.GenericSansSerif, 6.5)
        Else
            tmpLabel.Font = font
        End If

        If align = 0 Then
            tmpLabel.TextAlign = ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter
        Else
            tmpLabel.TextAlign = align
        End If

        tmpLabel.AutoSize = False
        tmpLabel.Margin = New Padding(0)
        tmpLabel.Text = text
        tmpLabel.Anchor = AnchorStyles.None

        Return tmpLabel
    End Function

Here's sample code of how I use the method:

Dim spanLabel As New Label()

layout.Controls.Add(cb.buildBasicLabel(spanLabel , "TESTEST", largeLabel, ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft), 2, 2)
layout.setColumnSpan(spanLabel , 3)

layout.Controls.Add(cb.buildBasicLabel(Nothing, "Misc." + vbCrLf + "Test", Nothing, Nothing), 12, 1)