>Today, I clicked on my TOOLBOX icon, and got a message that said there WAS no toolbox.
>It gave me an option to create one (which I did).
>Now I have something that WILL let me create controls but it doesn't appear with the usual icons associated with the control generator.
>

My guess is that you did something that renamed, moved or deleted your toolbox data, which is normally stored in the HOME(7) folder.

Tamar