This is what I am attempting to do...I want to create an instance of the VB.CommandButton class in code, without drawing an actual object on the form until run time.
something along the lines of;

dim x as object
set x = new vb.commandbutton

but this doesn't work...(and i don't know how to make it =o(

alternitavely...I tried creating instances of the commandbutton class from an existing control drawn on the control at design time. the name of the control was "Command1", and here is the code I wrote that failed to duplicate it.

Dim MyObject As Object
Set MyObject = New Command1
Load MyObject

I get "User defined-type not defined!" error. However, if I set it as...a copy of my form(form1), then it works just fine. Is there a reason I can't reference the controls already on the forms...and not just the forms themselves when trying to do this? Is there an easier way?

Thank you,
Hunter

The easiest way to do this is to copy from an existing control which is a control array - just set the Index property to 0 to make it a control array.
Then to create a new control use the Load statement:
You just need to keep a track of how many controls you've added, so you can set "newIndex" appropriately.

BTW there is a corresponding Unload statement too.

hth
Phil

Yes...I meant to include that in my original posting. I am trying to create objects solely from the VB.CommandBox class, without any actual objects on the form at design time.

Yes, I understand that. What I am saying (and you are finding out by experiment) is that there is no easy way to do that. It is, however, very easy to create new objects from control "arrays" already present on the form. Don't forget that these existing control "arrays" don't have to be visible at all.

rgds
Phil