Charles never mind the previous I figured it out but still not getting the linkbutton attached to the handler it seems

heres what i put in my code (basically just what you had )

 Public Delegate Sub PageClickedEventHandler(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As PageClickedEventArgs)

        Public Class PageClickedEventArgs
            Inherits EventArgs
            Public PageNo As Integer
        End Class

        Public Event PageClicked As PageClickedEventHandler

        Public Sub OnPageClicked(ByVal e As PageClickedEventArgs)
            RaiseEvent PageClicked(Me, e)
        End Sub

        Private Sub PageButton_Command(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CommandEventArgs)
            Dim pageNo As Integer = Integer.Parse(e.CommandArgument)
            Dim mye As PageClickedEventArgs = New PageClickedEventArgs
            mye.PageNo = pageNo
            OnPageClicked(mye)
        End Sub

then i create and place my button in the render event

Okay i moved it to the CreateChildControls and still nothing - I must be missing something basic somewhere

I also tried creating one in the load event of the control - thats doesnt seem to work either -