Changing Button Function

[MarkPQ]

Hi All,

I'm currently making my first dialog application in VC++ and I am learning several things all at once and its becoming a bit overwhelming. I'm making an application that connects to a serial device and gets data from it. What I want to do is have a button that normally displays 'Connect' on its caption. When the user clicks it will obviously connect to the device, but what I want to do is change the caption on the button to say 'Disconnect', so that when the user clicks again it will do just that!

Any help on what functions I should look at would be appreciated!

Thanks,
Mark

 

[programsecrets]

In your MyButtonClicked() routine, you change the text using:

MyButton.SetWindowText("Disconnect"

A member variable can store the state of the button and toggle it each time it is clicked.

Hope that helps!

 

[MarkPQ]

Thanks . . . That's perfect!

hehehe, I knew it'd be something simple, but I guess the only way you get to learn about all the functions you have available is by using them over time, and I guess you have to start somewhere!

Thanks again!

 

[programsecrets]

You're welcome... how true. X-)