> Hi,
>
> I am writing a program which invloves dragging and dropping things
> around a form. I have so far chosen to use Buttons to drag and drop
> which works fine. These button actually represent HGV's!
>
> My problem is that I need a way to allow the user to add more 'buttons'
> to the form when needed. I also need a way for the user to give these
> buttons a text label.
>
> Does anyone know a good way that I can achieve this? I know one problem
> i will have is that I may need to modify my drag and drop code
> automatically when each new button is added (add handler reference).
>
> Does that makes sense??
>
> Thanks Very Much!
>
> Marc

> Marc wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am writing a program which invloves dragging and dropping things
> > around a form. I have so far chosen to use Buttons to drag and drop
> > which works fine. These button actually represent HGV's!
> >
> > My problem is that I need a way to allow the user to add more 'buttons'
> > to the form when needed. I also need a way for the user to give these
> > buttons a text label.
> >
> > Does anyone know a good way that I can achieve this? I know one problem
> > i will have is that I may need to modify my drag and drop code
> > automatically when each new button is added (add handler reference).
> >
> > Does that makes sense??
> >
> > Thanks Very Much!
> >
> > Marc
>
> Adding a button dynamically isn't that difficult:
>
> Button btn = new Button ()
> btn.Text = userText.Text
> ' add events
> addhandler btn.click, addressof theclickhandler
> ...
> btn.location = new point (x, y)
> me.controls.add (btn)
>
> The trick is the interface for doing all of this.  Maybe the
> System.Windows.Forms.PropertyGrid might be of help to you...
>
> --
> Tom Shelton