# code; no workie, workie for creating a dynamic control **URL:** \ **Category:** Web\ **Created:** [August 14, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/code-no-workie-workie-for-creating-a-dynamic-control/10286 "2013-08-14T03:10:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jeffery\_Nuxoll](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/jeffery_nuxoll/32/3856_2.png) [@Jeffery\_Nuxoll](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Jeffery_Nuxoll)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/code-no-workie-workie-for-creating-a-dynamic-control/10286/1 "2013-08-14T03:10:45Z")
I’m trying to create several dynamic controls with in a Webcontainer. The Code takes an object that has been already created on the Webcontainer ( by dragging and dropping from the IDE), and then tries to copy that object x number of times. The Code works, kinda sort of, it only duplicates the object once. The object is a ‘Super’ of the webimageview class any idea on what I’m doing wrong??? Other than it doesn’t work 🙂 I’m on 2012 R2.1 Thanks to all who help! ```auto if session.opend = false then //opend is a method in session, that connects to a DB //TODO: display error elseif Session.opend = true then session.SQL = "SELECT Test.menuName, Test.menuPKI FROM test" session.rs = session.db.SQLSelect(session.SQL) // "rs" property in session of Recordset //TODO: db error checking dim x as integer // to shift Dynamic control left by 112 x = 9 // start with 9 for i as integer = 0 to session.rs.RecordCount if session.rs.EOF() then //EOF = true , exit out return end msgbox(session.rs.Field("menuName")) //Msgbox Display's the field correctly on every pass // ----- Code below; Trying to duplicate an already existing object in the WebContainer -- //----- Only displays the object, once // ----- Tried the code with a normal webimageview, same results dim dynamicControl as new myImageviewClass dynamicControl = myImageviewClass1 dynamicControl.Left = x dynamicControl.top = 32 dynamicControl.Visible = true dynamicControl.Enabled = true x = x + 112 //shifting by 112 every iteration of the FOR/NEXT session.rs.MoveNext next end ``` ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_O\_Lone](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/greg_o_lone/32/49_2.png) [@Greg\_O\_Lone](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Greg_O_Lone)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/code-no-workie-workie-for-creating-a-dynamic-control/10286/2 "2013-08-14T03:14:20Z")
dont try to copy an existing control on the WebPage. Create a new one from scratch like this: `dim w as new myImageViewClass w.embedWithin(self,x,32,w.width,w.height)` ---
**Author:** ![Jeffery\_Nuxoll](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/jeffery_nuxoll/32/3856_2.png) [@Jeffery\_Nuxoll](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Jeffery_Nuxoll)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/code-no-workie-workie-for-creating-a-dynamic-control/10286/3 "2013-08-14T03:24:29Z")
Hi Greg, thank you for your quick reply can you do an ‘embedWithin’ within a WebContainer control? I understand what you are trying to tell me, and yes that would work with a webpage. none the less, thank you for the reply! ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_O\_Lone](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/greg_o_lone/32/49_2.png) [@Greg\_O\_Lone](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Greg_O_Lone)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/code-no-workie-workie-for-creating-a-dynamic-control/10286/4 "2013-08-15T07:06:18Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Jury\_Buono](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/jury_buono/32/3074_2.png) [@Jury\_Buono](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Jury_Buono)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/code-no-workie-workie-for-creating-a-dynamic-control/10286/5 "2014-02-15T09:35:09Z")
Hi Greg, i don’t understand. i have try to create e new WebContainer (name wcA) how can i dynamically add a lot of webTextBox to wcA ??? i have tried to : put webTextBox (name wTxt1) in wcA (webContainer) then i write this code in wcA.open event dim newTxt as new wTxt1 newTxt.embedWithin(self,10,32,100,100) but this produce an error then i have tried to made a class with super WebTextField named txtClass1 in wcA.open i have put this code dim newTxt as new txtClass1 newTxt.embedWithin(self,10,32,100,100) but this produce another error i don’t understand how can i dynamically add controls to webContainer … can you help me please ? thank you j.b. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_O\_Lone](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/greg_o_lone/32/49_2.png) [@Greg\_O\_Lone](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Greg_O_Lone)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 4:59am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/code-no-workie-workie-for-creating-a-dynamic-control/10286/6 "2014-02-16T04:59:49Z")
Create a WebContainer subclass that has the control in it that you want to add dynamically. Then in code, create an instance and call EmbedWithin on that. ---
**Author:** ![Jury\_Buono](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/jury_buono/32/3074_2.png) [@Jury\_Buono](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Jury_Buono)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/code-no-workie-workie-for-creating-a-dynamic-control/10286/7 "2014-02-20T14:23:29Z")
ok i have tryed and it is ok, tnx Greg ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/code-no-workie-workie-for-creating-a-dynamic-control/10286/8 "2020-10-29T16:48:20Z")