Converting VB6 Programmes To VB 2008

I have been converting my VB6 programmes to VB 2008. many of the problems that came up I have been able to solve; mostly by trial and error. However, I have one problem that was easy to handle in VB6, but I don�t see how to do it in VB 2008. I have checked Google, but didn�t find anything exactly similar to what I want to do.

On my form in VB6 I added two text boxes, each with it�s own name. I then copied these two and pasted them back onto the form, under the original textboxes, 5 times. Each time I was asked whether I was creating an array; I confirmed that I was.

I could then code as follows:

For x = 1 To 6
BidderName(x) = txtBidderName(x)
BidderCommunity(x) = txtBidderCommunity(x)

[Code]....

I tried to do the same thing on my VB 2008 form, but it does not ask whether I was creating an array, and in fact the array of textboxes on the form, is not an array!

how I get around this. The form has to show an array of textboxes, which are entered in order.