Button created dynamically properties not working vb.net - vb.net

Question

I'm confused as to why this isn't working...
Here's a brief description of what I've declared my buttons dynamically as the form loads because the form resizes itself depending on whats selected. I've named the buttons button1 and button2. I've added a handler to button2 to handle when the button gets clicked. GetButtonColl is called after the buttons are created and I verified it's populated with the buttons on the form. Why doesn't a simple .enable property work on these dynamically created buttons? Is there something I need to do different?
Here's a condensed version of my code:
Public buttonColl As New List(Of Button)
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Function: GetButtonColl
' Parameters: none
' Returns: none
' Description: Loops through all the controls on the form and searches for buttons that were created after the form has been resized
' and adds them to a List which will be used to quickly control the buttons properties throughout the session
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Sub GetButtonColl()
For x As Integer = 0 To Me.Controls.Count - 1
Dim b As Control = TryCast(Me.Controls(x), Control)
If b IsNot Nothing AndAlso b.Tag Is Nothing Then
If TypeOf (b) Is Button Then
buttonColl.Add(b)
End If
End If
Next
End Sub
Public Sub button1_Handler(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Try
For Each bttn As Button In buttonColl
If bttn.Name = "button2" Then
bttn.Enabled = False
End If
Next
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
End Sub
Here's how I'm creating my buttons through the code:
btn = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
With btn
.Enabled = true
.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(9, 332)
.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(122, 26)
.Name = "button1"
.Text = "TestButton"
.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control
.Cursor = System.Windows.Forms.Cursors.Default
.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 11.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
.ForeColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.ControlText
.RightToLeft = System.Windows.Forms.RightToLeft.No
.TabIndex = TabIndex
.UseVisualStyleBackColor = False
End With
Me.Controls.Add(btn)

Answer 1

Simplify. The sender object is the button clicked on just cast it back.
Public Sub button1_Handler(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Dim btn As Button = DirectCast(sender, Button)
If btn.Name = "button2" Then
btn.Enabled = False
End If
End Sub
btn = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
With btn
.Enabled = true
.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(9, 332)
.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(122, 26)
.Name = "button2" 'wouldn't this be button2?
.Text = "TestButton"
.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control
.Cursor = System.Windows.Forms.Cursors.Default
.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 11.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
.ForeColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.ControlText
.RightToLeft = System.Windows.Forms.RightToLeft.No
.TabIndex = TabIndex
.UseVisualStyleBackColor = False
Addhandler btn.Click, AddressOf button1_Handler 'add the delegate
End With
Me.Controls.Add(btn)
Also add the Button to the List when you create it, if you need it in a List.

Answer 2

Are the buttons directly contained within the form, or are they inside another panel? Looping through me.controls will not get grandchild controls, it isn't recursive.