Using Switches as Input Devices

The ASwitch control is a push button with enhanced style and mode features. The button can be pressed to send an "on" or "off" message to another control, and changes visibly to indicate to the user which state the button has entered. The possible styles for the ASwitch control include a toggle, a slide, an LED (light emitting diode appearance), push button, custom bitmap button, etc. The control can change its behavior: it can serve as an indicator, 'switch when pressed', or 'switch when released'. Below is an example of an ASwitch control:

Setting Properties

The following table lists some of the property settings used for the above example.

In the above example, when the user clicks the mouse over the button, the button's appearance changes to show the button 'pushed in' and the text on the button changes to 'On'.

You can change the color of the button to reflect the button's state, so that the button is one color when on, another color when off. This produces a more visible effect than the default slight change in the depression of the button alone.

See Also

For more information on the Switch control, see ASwitch in the Programming Reference.