Creating Command Button Dynamically

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Hi am Developiong a Point of sale system, i want to load item category dynamically on a form as command buttons.the form will be divided into two sections. the category Section and the items Section. when i click the category command button. it will dynamically load the items under the select category as command buttons.

it is a touch screen point of sale. please assist.

Posted 7-Oct-10 23:45pm

benson ndirangu

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Johnny J. · Answer 1 · 2010-10-07T23:52:00

What is the problem? Where are you stuck?

Try something like:

For x As Integer = 0 to buttonCount - 1
   Dim newButton as Button

   newButton = New Button()
   With newButton
      .Name = "Category" & x.ToString & "Button"
      .Text = "Category " & x.ToString
      AddHandler newButton.Click, AddressOf myButtonClickEvent
      'You will need to position the buttons as well...
      Form1.Controls.Add(newButton)
   End With

Next x

And create the eventhandler to intercept your button click events:

Public Sub myButtonClickEvent(Byval Sender as Object, Byval e as System.EventArgs)
    MsgBox DirectCast(sender, Button).Name & " Clicked"
End Sub

All this written off the top of my head, so you will probably need to do a few adjustments...