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John - 07 Jan 2007 17:46 GMT

Hi

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

Thanks

Regards

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Mattias Sjögren - 07 Jan 2007 18:15 GMT

>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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John - 07 Jan 2007 18:36 GMT

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

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

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Rad [Visual C# MVP] - 07 Jan 2007 19:55 GMT

> 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
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>
> Regards

Hey John,

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

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Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook] - 07 Jan 2007 22:26 GMT

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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> 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
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>> Mattias

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