Automatically Generate

[JPBURBE]

Is there any way under a command button, to have a form generated with textboxes & labels, etc? I am planning on using variables to pass the info for the labels.....any ideas anyone? I know i could do it manually but would prefer to have it generated for me......Thanks in advance

 

[WaterTight]

There are two ways you can do this - depending upon your vb version. With versions 5 and below (I believe...someone correct me if I'm wrong here) - you have to create at least 1 instance of the control during design. Make sure you set the Index to 0 - then you can use:

Load Text1(1)
Text1(1).Visible = True

etc...

Make sure you adjust the top, left, height, and width properties as necessary. This clones the existing control - with the exception of the visible and index properties -and it will be indentical to it in every other respect.

Beginning with 6.0, you can create them on the fly:

Dim txtExampleText1 as Control
set txtExampleText1 = frmExampleForm1.Controls.Add("VB.TextBox", "Text1", frmExampleForm1)
txtExampleText1.Visible = True
txtExampleText1.Top = 100

etc...

Notice that when setting the properties you still have to refer to it with the object variable name you dim-ed as the control.

All depends upon which version you have and how lazy you are ;-)

Do a search for "add controls during runtime visual basic" on the web and you should get some more detailed docs.

Hope this helps
J