Frustration With Dynamic Controls

[Scott.Macmaster]

I'm having a really hard time trying to figure out dynamic controls. I cannot find a single good reference. Does anyone know of any? Anyway, I came across a strange behavior. Could someone explain?

I have a table that lists resources. Each row has an edit button. When clicked it'll hide the edit button and show a save button, cancel button, a drop down list and and text box. This code I had was working aside from another issue.

If assignedResource.cmdEdit.Attributes("Mode") = "Edit" Then
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(assignedResource.cmdEdit)
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(assignedResource.cmdSave)
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(New LiteralControl(" "))
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(assignedResource.cmdCancel)
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(New LiteralControl(" "))
    assignedResource.cmdEdit.Visible = False
    assignedResource.cmdSave.Visible = True
    assignedResource.cmdCancel.Visible = True
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(assignedResource.lstResourceState)
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(assignedResource.txtNotes)
Else
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(assignedResource.cmdEdit)
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(assignedResource.cmdSave)
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(assignedResource.cmdCancel)
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(New LiteralControl(" "))
    assignedResource.cmdEdit.Visible = True
    assignedResource.cmdSave.Visible = False
    assignedResource.cmdCancel.Visible = False
End If

However, I decided it would look better if I had the save/cancel buttons on the right side. Now, it won't save the edit mode status. Everytime it hits the if statement is returns nothing (which of course evaluates to false). Anyway, what is going on here.

If assignedResource.cmdEdit.Attributes("Mode") = "Edit" Then
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(assignedResource.lstResourceState)
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(assignedResource.txtNotes)
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(New LiteralControl(" "))
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(assignedResource.cmdEdit)
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(assignedResource.cmdSave)
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(assignedResource.cmdCancel)
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(New LiteralControl(" "))
    assignedResource.cmdEdit.Visible = False
    assignedResource.cmdSave.Visible = True
    assignedResource.cmdCancel.Visible = True
Else
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(assignedResource.cmdEdit)
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(assignedResource.cmdSave)
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(assignedResource.cmdCancel)
    tableReport.Rows(row).Cells(1).Controls.Add(New LiteralControl(" "))
    assignedResource.cmdEdit.Visible = True
    assignedResource.cmdSave.Visible = False
    assignedResource.cmdCancel.Visible = False
End If

Thanks,