System style boolean indicator

Experts,
Does anyone have a nice tidy way of displaying a boolean indicator in a system style? A checkbox does not seem like a good idea to me as it implies the user is able to click on it and change it. I could disable and grey it but again this implies something different.
What I am after is a simple and neat method of displaying a boolean status to the user. I am using a small-ish boolean off the modern pallette at the moment, but it does not really fit in with the rest of the system scheme.
Thanks
Neil
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CLA
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Another option takes a bit of digging around in the control editor:
1. Create a new custom control, starting with a system listbox. Once dropped, change to Customize Mode (click the wrench/spanner in the toolbar), right click on the border of the list box and choose to copy to clipboard.
2. Create another new custom control, this time starting with a modern LED. Switch to the customize mode and right click on the border of the control and choose to paste from clipboard at the same size.
3. Repeat for false as well as true and resize parts to suit.
4. I ended up with something like this:
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