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How do I 'check' a Switch control [message #36216]

Sat, 12 May 2012 17:35

awksed
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Registered: April 2012

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Hi,

How do I 'check' a (single) Switch control and how do I determine if it is 'checked'? (I am looking for the equivalent of the MFC CButton::SetCheck() and CButton::GetCheck()).

Thanks,

Jan

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Re: How do I 'check' a Switch control [message #36217 is a reply to message #36216]

Sat, 12 May 2012 19:17

jerson
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Registered: June 2010
Location: Bombay, India

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You can check the selected case in the switch by reading its value to an integer.

Switch sw;
int swVal;

swVal = sw;

or select a particular case in code by doing this

swVal = 1; // select item 1 of the switch
sw = swVal;

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Re: How do I 'check' a Switch control [message #36218 is a reply to message #36217]

Sat, 12 May 2012 20:14

awksed
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Registered: April 2012

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Hi jerson,

Thanks for your reply. It was most helpful in getting to the answer.

I guess I am not using the Switch class in the way the framework authors intended (too many years with MFC I guess and I'm too lazy to learn how to position two 'Radio Buttons' of a Switch group in widely differing places in a tab control, so I'm using two separate Switch controls connected by code).

The control is a single 'Radio Button', i.e. not part of a group therefore assigning 1 doesnt work, however assigning 0 does 'check' it (put the dot in the circle) and mySwitchObject <<= Null; 'unchecks' it.

int s = mySwitchObject; returns 0 if 'checked', i.e. got a dot in the circle, and -2147483648 (0x80000000) if not 'checked', i.e. no dot in the circle. So I have an odd looking but effective way of achieving what I want to do.

Regards,

Jan

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Re: How do I 'check' a Switch control [message #36219 is a reply to message #36216]

Sat, 12 May 2012 21:18

Sender Ghost
Messages: 301
Registered: November 2008

Senior Member

Hello, Jan.

awksed wrote on Sat, 12 May 2012 17:35

How do I 'check' a (single) Switch control and how do I determine if it is 'checked'? (I am looking for the equivalent of the MFC CButton::SetCheck() and CButton::GetCheck()).

There is Switch example inside reference U++ directory, which "demonstrates Switch widget". Also take a look Switch documentation.
Basically, as Jerson said, you assign the value (of type Value) to Switch object to select concrete case. To get selected value, just use GetData() Switch method or ~ operator before Switch object:

Switch sw;
sw.Add("Left").Add("Center").Add("Right");
sw = 1; // Selecting "Center". Equivalent to sw.SetData(1);
PromptOK(Format("Selected '%s' case with '%s' value", sw.GetLabel(), AsString(~sw)));

Based on CButton::SetCheck method, I think, you need ButtonOption or just Option widget:

#include <CtrlLib/CtrlLib.h>

using namespace Upp;

class App : public TopWindow {
public:
	typedef App CLASSNAME;
	App();

	ButtonOption btnOption;
	void PromptOption();
};

void App::PromptOption()
{
	static const String cases[2] = { "Off", "On" };
	PromptOK(cases[(int)btnOption.Get()]); // ButtonOption::Get is equivalent to CButton::GetCheck.
}

App::App()
{
	Title("ButtonOption test application");
	Sizeable().Zoomable();
	SetRect(Size(320, 240));

	btnOption.SetLabel("X");
	btnOption.Set(true); // ButtonOption::Set is equivalent to CButton::SetCheck.
	btnOption.WhenAction = THISBACK(PromptOption);
	Add(btnOption.VCenterPosZ(50).HCenterPosZ(50));
}

GUI_APP_MAIN
{
	App app;
	app.Run();
}

[Updated on: Sat, 12 May 2012 21:25]

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Re: How do I 'check' a Switch control [message #36221 is a reply to message #36219]

Sun, 13 May 2012 17:51

awksed
Messages: 68
Registered: April 2012

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Hi Sender Ghost,

Thanks.

Jan

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