How to Add a Button Programmatically in VB.Net

Submitted by janobe on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - 09:36.

In this tutorial I will teach you how to add a Button programmatically in VB.Net. The button will appear automatically in the Form and you don’t need to drag and drop anymore a Button on it. And if you click Button, the new Buttons will be added in chronological order. Let’s begin: Open the Microsoft Visual Studio and create a new project. First Form

After that, go to the solution explorer and hit the view code.

Then, in the code view you have to declare the variables that are needed for counting the controls that will be added and setting up the location of the controls in the Form.

'SET A CLASS VARIABLE TO BE USED DURING THE FORM
    Private Count_control As Integer = 0
    Private Location_control As New Point(10, 50)

After that, create a method for creating a Button.

Private Sub create_button()
 
        'INCREMENT THE COUNT_CONTROL.
        Count_control += 1
        'CHECKING IF THE BUTTONS HAS REACHED TO 5 OR NOT
        If Count_control <= 5 Then
            'SET A NEW BUTTON
            Dim new_Button As New Button
            'ADD THE PROPERTIES OF THE BUTTON
            new_Button.Name = "Button" + Count_control.ToString()
            new_Button.Text = "Button" + Count_control.ToString()
            new_Button.Location = New Point(Location_control.X + 10, _
                                            Location_control.Y)
            new_Button.Width = 180
            Location_control.Y += new_Button.Height + 10
            'CREATE THE EVENT HANDLER
            AddHandler new_Button.Click, AddressOf myButtonHandler_Click
            'ADD THE NEW BUTTON TO THE COLLECTION OF CONTROLS
            Controls.Add(new_Button)
        Else
 
            'CHECKING IF YOU WANT TO CLEAR THE CONTROLS THAT YOU HAVE ADDED.
            If MessageBox.Show("You've reached 5 controls. Do you want to clear controls to start again?", _
            "Proceed", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel, MessageBoxIcon.Information) _
            = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
 
                Controls.Clear() 'CLEARING THE CONTROL
                Count_control = 0 'RETURNING THE COUNT_CONTROL TO ITS DEFAULT VALUE
                Location_control = New Point(10, 50) 'SET A NEW POINT OF THE CONTROLS
                create_button() 'PUT A CONTROL SO THAT YOU CAN ADD ANOTHER CONTROLS
         End If
        End If
    End Sub

Then, create a subroutine that handles the click events of the Buttons.

  Private Sub myButtonHandler_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        'VERIFYING THE BUTTONS
        If TypeOf sender Is Button Then
            create_button()'CREATE A NEW BUTTON
 
        End If
    End Sub

Lastly, you have to put your method that you have created in the first load so that the button will appear in the Form.

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        create_button()
    End Sub

Ouput:

How to Add a Button Programmatically in VB.Net

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