I would like to add a button with value to my tab control during runtime. A lot of tutorial show how it's done while creating connecting with database. Is there any way that it can be done without connecting to database?
After I input data into both textbox and clicked save, new button should appear on tab control on another form.
In you save button put :
private void btnSave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { x = 4; y = panel1 .Controls.Count * 70; Button newButton = new Button (); newButton.Height = 150; newButton.Width = 60; newButton.Location = new Point(x, y); newButton.Text= "your text"; newButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(Button_Click); tabControl1.TabPages [0].Controls.Add(newButton); } And also you can handel the click of new button created :
public void Button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { Button button = (Button)sender ; MessageBox.Show("Button is pressed "+button .Text ); } 
I propose such decision
Main form:
namespace stackoverflow { public partial class MainForm : Form { private static Form2 new_form = new Form2(); public MainForm() { InitializeComponent(); new_form.Show(); } void Button1Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { new_form.CreateBtn( richTextBox1.Text ); } } } Second form:
namespace stackoverflow { public partial class Form2 : Form { private Button btn = null; public Form2() { InitializeComponent(); } public void CreateBtn( string text ) { if ( btn == null ) { btn= new Button(); btn.Parent = this.tabPage1; } btn.Text = text; this.Refresh(); } } } 
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace Buttons { public partial class Form1 : Form { const int ROWS = 5; const int COLS = 10; public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Form1_Load); } public void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { new MyButton(ROWS, COLS, this); } } public class MyButton : Button { const int WIDTH = 50; const int HEIGHT = 50; const int SPACE = 5; const int BORDER = 20; public static List<List<MyButton>> buttons { get; set; } public static List<MyButton> buttonList { get; set; } public Form1 form1; public int row { get; set; } public int col { get; set; } public MyButton() { } public MyButton(int rows, int cols, Form1 form1) { buttons = new List<List<MyButton>>(); buttonList = new List<MyButton>(); this.form1 = form1; for(int row = 0; row < rows; row++) { List<MyButton> newRow = new List<MyButton>(); buttons.Add(newRow); for (int col = 0; col < cols; col++) { MyButton newButton = new MyButton(); newButton.Height = HEIGHT; newButton.Width = WIDTH; newButton.Top = row * (HEIGHT + SPACE) + BORDER; newButton.Left = col * (WIDTH + SPACE) + BORDER; newButton.row = row; newButton.col = col; newRow.Add(newButton); buttonList.Add(newButton); newButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(Button_Click); form1.Controls.Add(newButton); } } } public void Button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { MyButton button = sender as MyButton; MessageBox.Show(string.Format("Pressed Button Row {0} Column {1}", button.row, button.col)); } } } Make dynamic
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace WindowsFormsApplication72 { public partial class Form1 : Form { const int ROWS = 5; const int COLS = 10; public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); new PictureText(10, this); } } public class PictureText : Panel { const int WIDTH = 50; const int HEIGHT = 50; const int SPACE = 5; const int BORDER = 20; public TextBox textbox { get; set; } public PictureBox picturebox { get; set; } public int row = 0; public static List<PictureText> pictureText = null; public PictureText() { } public PictureText(int rows, Form1 form1) { this.Left = BORDER; this.Top = BORDER ; this.Width = 2 * (Width + BORDER); this.Height = rows * (HEIGHT + BORDER); this.BackColor = Color.Blue; form1.Controls.Add(this); pictureText = new List<PictureText>(); for(int row = 0; row < rows; row++) { PictureText newRow = new PictureText(); this.Controls.Add(newRow); pictureText.Add(newRow); newRow.textbox = new TextBox(); newRow.textbox.Text = "Hello"; newRow.picturebox = new PictureBox(); newRow.picturebox.BackColor = Color.Green; newRow.picturebox.Text = "Goodbye"; this.Controls.Add(newRow.textbox); this.Controls.Add(newRow.picturebox); newRow.textbox.BringToFront(); newRow.textbox.Height = HEIGHT; newRow.textbox.Width = WIDTH; newRow.textbox.Top = row * (HEIGHT + SPACE) + BORDER; newRow.textbox.Left = BORDER; newRow.picturebox.BringToFront(); newRow.picturebox.Height = HEIGHT; newRow.picturebox.Width = WIDTH; newRow.picturebox.Top = row * (HEIGHT + SPACE) + BORDER; newRow.picturebox.Left = 2 * (BORDER + Width); } } } } 
