>>>string s = "textBoxColumn" + column.ToString();
>>>((TextBox)this.Controls.Find(s, true)[0]).ForeColor = textboxforecolor;
>
>Right on the money, Viv. Thanks. And yes, it's in a for loop
>
>Here's another one for you:
>
>Suppose I wanted to create a button named "button" + column for each value of column???

I guess just something like:

for (int i = 1; i < 53; i++)
            {
                Button b = new Button();
                b.Name = "Button"+i.ToString();
                //Set position, size etc....
                Controls.Add(b);
            }

Don't know how you'd want to handle positioning though.... (One of those times when WPF would shine :-} )