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[martin]

Hi,

Is it possible to declare an enum and then declare a variable of the enum
type.
Public Class SessionVars
Inherits Object
Public Shared strGroupName As String
Public Shared strPracticeName As String
Public Shared mode As Modes
<------------------------------*******ERROR*******

Public Sub New()
MyBase.new()
End Sub

Protected Enum Modes As Integer
ModeAdd = 1
ModeEdit = 2
ModeView = 3
End Enum
End Class

I would like to be able to write in code

SessionVars.mode = Modes ModeAdd --and have intellisense pop the modes
up for me.

can anybody help me out or point me in the correct direction???

any help is appreciated.

cheers

martin.

[Joe Fallon]

Not sure how Shared variables change things, but this works:

Public Class Foo
Private mModes As Modes

Public Property MyMode() As Modes
Get
Return mModes
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As Modes)
mModes = Value
End Set
End Property

Public Sub Some Method
If MyMode= Modes.Add Then
etc.
End Sub

'remove extra Mode from "ModeAdd", etc.
Protected Enum Modes As Integer
Add = 1
Edit = 2
View = 3
End Enum

End Class

--
Joe Fallon


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Hi,

Is it possible to declare an enum and then declare a variable of the enum
type.
Public Class SessionVars
Inherits Object
Public Shared strGroupName As String
Public Shared strPracticeName As String
Public Shared mode As Modes
<------------------------------*******ERROR*******

Public Sub New()
MyBase.new()
End Sub

Protected Enum Modes As Integer
ModeAdd = 1
ModeEdit = 2
ModeView = 3
End Enum
End Class

I would like to be able to write in code

SessionVars.mode = Modes ModeAdd --and have intellisense pop the modes up for me.

can anybody help me out or point me in the correct direction???

any help is appreciated.

cheers

martin.

[Brian W]

Of course it's an error! Seems like common sense to me.

If your enum is a protected within SessionVars and you declare a public
variable of type Modes, how is the outside world supposed to know what Modes
is?
"martin" <St**************@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:OZ**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Hi,

Is it possible to declare an enum and then declare a variable of the enum
type.
Public Class SessionVars
Inherits Object
Public Shared strGroupName As String
Public Shared strPracticeName As String
Public Shared mode As Modes
<------------------------------*******ERROR*******

Public Sub New()
MyBase.new()
End Sub

Protected Enum Modes As Integer
ModeAdd = 1
ModeEdit = 2
ModeView = 3
End Enum
End Class

I would like to be able to write in code

SessionVars.mode = Modes ModeAdd --and have intellisense pop the modes up for me.

can anybody help me out or point me in the correct direction???

any help is appreciated.

cheers

martin.