VB.NET -- Dynamically created controls

that gives me the same protected error... i just had an idea that might work better. Is there anyway that i can simply copy the button i'm using as a base and set it to the new button i just created dynamically. I tried using this...

dynambtn = basebutton

but that's literally setting it to the actual button so i'm only manipulating the original button and it doesn't add two more. I wish there was a function called button.copyattributes so it would make a new, but exactly identical button.