3. If you want to create controls one by one, you can use the LAMCreateControl methods - this is one of the main reasons why they are exposed. The only thing is that you have to then handle placement yourself. My goal was to make everything easier for people to get their options panels all set up right out of the gate.
If your example table (with non-numerical indexes) is passed through to LAM, then the author isn't following the docs correctly. It would be the same as if they had a typo in a method name, or forgot a required field. Follow the directions (they aren't too complicated), and you'll get your options just the way you want them.
4. Ooh - I see what I did. Copy/paste fail. Fixed now.
Hubby has our company at the casino this afternoon/evening, so I can play with this stuff more myself today, too.
