How do I create a control array in VB.NET?

How do I create a control array in VB.NET? The control should have the same name and should be referenced by using index. I am working in Windows 2000.
OK, first's first, .NET control arrays differ very much from that of former VB6, and to be honest, the reason why was that conceptually, a control was something different than a class.

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To create a control array in Visual Basic .NET requires that you now change your perception to seeing that everything is just a class.

The following code will help in resolving your issue -- just change the widget for any class that takes you fancy.

Public Class ControlArrayExample

    Private _mycollection As System.Collections.ArrayList = New System.Collections.ArrayList()

    Public ReadOnly Property Count() As Integer
        Get
            If (Not _mycollection Is Nothing) Then
                Return _mycollection.Count
            End If
            Return 0
        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property Item(ByVal Index As Integer) As Widget
        Get
            If (Index > 0) And (Index <= Me.Count) Then
                Return CType(_mycollection.Item(Index - 1), Widget)
            End If
            Return Nothing
        End Get
    End Property


    Public Sub AddItem(ByVal ValueIn As Widget)

        If (Not _mycollection Is Nothing) Then
            _mycollection.Add(ValueIn)
        End If

    End Sub

    Public Class Widget

        Private _myName As String

        Public Property Name() As String
            Get
                Return _myName
            End Get
            Set(ByVal Value As String)
                _myName = Value
            End Set
        End Property

        Public Sub New()

        End Sub
        Public Sub New(ByVal NameIn As String)
            Me.Name = NameIn
        End Sub

    End Class

End Class

Hope that works out for you.