Disabling text button with bang?

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I was wondering if anyone knew a way to disable a text button with a bang, or if there is any way in general to change values in the Inspector (Ignore Click, colours, text etc) with a bang?

Possibly simple question but i'm fairly new to Max, sorry!

Cheers

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