I would like to dynamically put several labels in a placeholder or panel. The top and left position of the labels should be programmable. Like this:

For i = 5 To 23
  Dim objLabel As New Label
  objLabel.Text = MyText
  objLabel.Style("Top") = myTop
  objLabel.Style("Left") = myLeft
  objLabel.Style("Width") = myWidth
  objLabel.Style("Position") = "relative"
  pnl.Controls.Add(objLabel)
Next

If the position is "relative" the labels a placed next to each other in the panel (wrong). If position is "absolute" then the labels are positioned correctly but not in the panel. How do I get the labels to be absolute inside the panel? Is it at all possible?

Thanks for your comments

Hiya,

CSS absolute vs relative positioning is a bit tricky. This page - http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/styles...csslayout.html - gives a good definition and comparison of them both. Relative positioning is what you need though by the sound of it. The trick is to remember that you are defining position relative to the table cell that the panel renders into when the page is created. Try running your page in Firefox and use the Web Developer tool to outline the table \ see the styles on your controls. If not, reply back with a sample page demonstrating the problem and we'll see what we can do to help.

dan