vb.net dynamicly create checkboxes

Answer 1

Put it in a loop, including the new statement but varing the position.

You could also clone the object, maybe with performance penalties ... Sorry but don't know Vb.net, I will give you the c# code hoping it will be similar. I think this it is not the best solution for your case (a loop will do the trick), but maybe it will be for someone with a similar but more generic problem.

CheckBox CB2 = (CheckBox)CloneObject(CheckBox1);

//change the location here... Form1.Controls.Add(checkBoxCB2 )

private object CloneObject(object o)
{
   Type t = o.GetType();
   PropertyInfo[] properties = t.GetProperties();

   Object p = t.InvokeMember("", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.CreateInstance, null, o, null);

   foreach(PropertyInfo pi in properties)
      {
         if(pi.CanWrite)
           {
              pi.SetValue(p, pi.GetValue(o, null), null);
           }
      }

   return p;
}

Answer 2

It seems like the only items that are different and not calculated between the CheckBox instances is the text. If so then you could just use the following code to add a set of CheckBox instances based off of a list of String's.

Dim data as String() = New String() { "testing", "testing2" }
Dim offset = 10
For Each cur in data 
  Dim checkBox = new CheckBox()
  Form1.Controls.Add(checkBox)
  checkBox.Location = New Point(offset, 10)
  checkBox.Text = cur
  checkBox.Checked = True
  checkBox.Size = New Size(100, 20)
  offset = offset + 30
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