I'm not sure how your

> arraySelection(i) = arrayLabel(i)

is creating an array  of controls. You'd need to show more code to get an
informed comment.

However, you can assign  references to controls  to variables. I don't see
any reason why those variables can't be in an array.

But, if you want to assign references to different types of controls to the
same array, you'll probably need to make it an array of variants.

You'll also need to use the "set" keyword in any statement that's assigning
references.

Any "control arrays" you create  in vba  is going to have to be using text in
the name I think. Like "Control-01", "Control-02,.... And so on.

It's not all that difficult and if you writ a function/sub to process them
there is an overhead but not that much I think.

You could for example code...
subControls 1,"OK"

To set  the caption of control  cmdControl-1 to "OK".

Inside of the sub you'd loop around the controls  testing to see if the end
of the name is 1,2,3 whatever. You could add a control type or partial/full
name to that as well.

I agree though. It's a nice feature of VB to be able to create a control
array IMHO.