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Assuming a method inside the form

lnTop = 0

scan
   lcName = "cmd" + tree.species
   this.AddObject( lcName, "ButtonClass" )
   with eval( "this." + lcName )
      .Visible = .t.
      .Caption = tree.species
      .Top = lnTop
      lnTop = lnTop + .Height + 5
   endwith
endscan

>I have an application that will be using a touch screen, no keyboard or mouse. I would like to go to a file and create a button for each record in the file. This file could change so the buttons would need to change. Ex. A table has 6 item in it, (pine, hdwd, cedar,oak,poplar and ash) I would like to display these on a form and have the use touch a button to pick a tree. If this table gets updated(more species or less) I would like the buttons to update also.