Markboxes


Markboxes (my name for this class) are controls with a field that leaves a mark when it is clicked by the mouse. You can associate text with a markbox either at it's creation or at any other time using setText(). A CheckBox can have 2 states (on & off) which toggle with each mouse click. A TriCheckBox has 3 states (on, off & grayed). A RadioButton has 2 states (on & off) but it's behaviour is influenced by any other sibling RadioButtons. As a RadioButton is clicked all the other ones will be cleared. this is the default behaviour from Windows. An application can determine a button's state by sending it a BM_GETCHECK or BM_GETSTATE message; the application can set a button's state by sending it a BM_SETCHECK or BM_SETSTATE message.