Hi timmoore47,
How many switches?

I use 2 approaches.

If I have plenty of pins to use, I prefere binary switching to a pic as its fast and easy to implement.

If I am short of pins, I use POT or A/D.
For Pics that don't have A/D, I use the POT command.
I set up buttons in a resistive divider ladder.
Then I have the PIC talk to my PC serialy.
I press each button to see what the pic is getting for POT or A/D readings and then using those values, the next step is to code where to go in the rest of the program, based on these readings.
Hope this helps
dw_picbasic