Momentary switch

Hi,
I'm new to CVI.
Any way to implement a push button with momentary action?
Only turn on when click on button, off upon release it.
Any example can I refer to?

Yes, that would be normal behavior for a Toggle button.  Toggles are not momentary: they keep their state.  But to get behavior you want, I've made you a sample project, with both Command and Toggle buttons:
Attachments:
momentary buttons.zip ‏145 KB

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