Creating run time controls on one form from another ?????????

[Paul282]

How can I create control eg a button on a form by pressing a button on another form?

I'm making a GUI editor for Powerbasic and the client form displays, and like in the VB IDE you click a botton and a button appears on that form, then I can click on the new button and drag it, resize it etc.

if I use Dim X as New CommandButton, how do I make it appear on form2 ???

Thanks

[mlewis]

Use Form2's controls collection and perform an Add command (Form2.Controls.Add) See MSDN for more details on the Controls collection and event trapping for these controls.

[Paul282]

Thanks dood

[PaulLewis]

No time to try it out for you, but can you create a hidden button on Form2 with index property set to 0, then when creating a new one,

x=1
form2.load newButton(x)
newButton(x).visible=true

I think it will work fine - in fact I think I do this in a usercontrol I made.

Regards