dynamically creating a dialog

[hannes c]

Is it possibel to create a dialog at runtime.
More precise, can I create an control, like a
button, listbox, etc. , and place it on a
form at runtime?

thank´s hannes

cmarits@softengineer.de

[Clearcode]

Prior to VB.Net you can only create a control by loading an instance of an existing control array.

For example, suppose you want a form with 20 buttons on it - you create a form with 1 button on it and set it's Index property to zero.
Then to load the others dynamically:

private Sub Form_Load()

Dim lIndex as Long

for lIndex = 1 to 10
Load Command1
command1(lindex).Caption = "Button " & lindex
command1(lIndex).Left = (Comman1(lIndex-1).Left + Command1(lIndex).width)
Command1(lIndex).Visible = true
next lIndex

End Sub




In VB.Net you can just create new controls willy-nilly at run time....(If you can keep the IDE running long enough so to do)

HTH,
Duncan

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Ex. Datis: Duncan Jones
Merrion Computing Ltd
http://www.merrioncomputing.com

[John G Duffy]

There is a way to create a single control at run time. Unfortunately, you can't ceate control arrays using this method with VB6.0 and earlier.
There are simulated control array creation methods available. There is an example of Collection of class Objects posted on this forum By Cesare Cimperiali that performs this magic
http://63.236.73.79/cgi-bin/bbs/wt/showpost.pl?Board=vb&Number=53144&Search=true&Forum=vb&Words=collection%20of%20class%20objects&Match=Whole&Topic=&Searchpage=5&Limit=25

John G