State buttons

Hi

Does vs 2005 have buttons that can have two states i.e. depressed and
normal?

Thanks

Regards

>Does vs 2005 have buttons that can have two states i.e. depressed and
>normal?

You can use the CheckBox control with the Appearance property set to
Button.


Mattias

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Thanks but can't work out how to make its size to what I need. No handles to
make it bigger. Manually setting the size in properties does not work
either.

Thanks

Regards


"Mattias Sjögren" <mattias.dont.want.spam@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> >Does vs 2005 have buttons that can have two states i.e. depressed and
>>normal?
>
> You can use the CheckBox control with the Appearance property set to
> Button.
>
>
> Mattias
>
> --
> Mattias Sjögren [C# MVP] mattias @ mvps.org
> http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/ | http://www.dotnetinterop.com
> Please reply only to the newsgroup.

On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 18:36:59 -0000, John wrote:

> Thanks but can't work out how to make its size to what I need. No handles to
> make it bigger. Manually setting the size in properties does not work
> either.
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards

Hey John,

The width of the checkbox with an appearance of Button will adjust to fit
the checkbox text

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John,
As Rad suggests, by default the button will adjust to fit the checkbox &
text.

You can control this behavior with the AutoSize property. So to answer your
original question:

>> >Does vs 2005 have buttons that can have two states i.e. depressed and
>>>normal?

Use a Checkbox with:
Appearance = Button
AutoSize = False

Changing the FlatStyle to Flat you can use the FlatAppearance property to
control the colors used by the button. For example, a Green "toggle" button:

Me.CheckBox1.Appearance = System.Windows.Forms.Appearance.Button
Me.CheckBox1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightGreen
Me.CheckBox1.FlatAppearance.BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green
Me.CheckBox1.FlatAppearance.CheckedBackColor =
System.Drawing.Color.Green
Me.CheckBox1.FlatAppearance.MouseDownBackColor =
System.Drawing.Color.DarkGreen
Me.CheckBox1.FlatAppearance.MouseOverBackColor =
System.Drawing.Color.PaleGreen
Me.CheckBox1.FlatStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FlatStyle.Flat


FWIW: A number of controls gained the AutoSize property in .NET 2.0, if a
control is not resizing for you check for this property.

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Hope this helps
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"John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Thanks but can't work out how to make its size to what I need. No handles
> to make it bigger. Manually setting the size in properties does not work
> either.
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards
>
>
> "Mattias Sjögren" <mattias.dont.want.spam@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:OAfOUeoMHHA.3552@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> >Does vs 2005 have buttons that can have two states i.e. depressed and
>>>normal?
>>
>> You can use the CheckBox control with the Appearance property set to
>> Button.
>>
>>
>> Mattias
>>
>> --
>> Mattias Sjögren [C# MVP] mattias @ mvps.org
>> http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/ | http://www.dotnetinterop.com
>> Please reply only to the newsgroup.
>
>