I can't seem to find a clear example on how to use the FlagsAttribute. In
my example below shouldn't both message boxes show? Instead no messagebox
displays. I know that .NET will auto-number enum's when omitted.
<Flags()> Public Enum Permission
Read
Write
Delete
Rename
Copy
Move
End Enum
Private p As Permission
p = Permission.Copy And Permission.Read
If p = Permission.Copy Then
MessageBox.Show ("Copy")
End If
If p = Permission.Copy And p = Permission.Read Then
MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
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Hi Randy
"Randy" <ra***@penHATES PAMsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OF******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P11.phx.gbl... I can't seem to find a clear example on how to use the FlagsAttribute. In
my example below shouldn't both message boxes show? Instead no messagebox
displays. I know that .NET will auto-number enum's when omitted.
<snip>
If you don't specify values for your enum fields, they will be assigned
values in a straight sequence (1,2,3,4, etc...). If you want a "flagged"
enum you need to specify values that correspond to individual bit positions
(1,2,4,16, etc.):
<Flags()> Public Enum Permission
Read = 1
Write = 2
Delete = 4
Rename = 16
Copy = 32
Move = 64
End Enum
Hope that helps.
Regards,
Dan
p.s. *Should* the compiler be smart enough to auto-assign values correctly
if the "Flags" attribute is present? I think so.
Randy,
In addition to Daniel's suggestion of giving values to the Enum values.
<Flags()> Public Enum Permission
Read = 1
Write = 2
Delete = 4
Rename = 16
Copy = 32
Move = 64
End Enum
To combine the values you need to use Or. Private p As Permission
p = Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read
Then you need to 'mask' the value and see if its not zero.
If (p and Permission.Copy ) <> 0 Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy")
End If
You can check for not zero or both values combined:
If (p and Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read ) = (Permission.Cop y Or
Permission.Read ) Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
Sometimes when dealing with combined values, such as Read & Copy above, I
will define a constant that represents the two values combined
Const ReadAndCopy As Permission = Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read
If (p and ReadAndCopy ) = ReadAndCopy Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
Other times I will setup a function to check the masked values:
Private Function CheckMask(ByVal value As Permission, ByVal mask As
Permission)
Return (value And mask) = value
End Function
If CheckMask(p, Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read ) Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
I will use the mask & value method when I want to check that out of Copy &
Read only Copy is set.
If (p and Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read ) = Permission.Copy Then
MessageBox.Show ("Of Copy & Read, only Copy set")
End If
When you think about it, one would expect And would be used to combine the
value (set theory). However enums are implemented as integers and boolean
theory is how they are worked with...
Hope this helps
Jay
"Randy" <ra***@penHATES PAMsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OF******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P11.phx.gbl... I can't seem to find a clear example on how to use the FlagsAttribute. In
my example below shouldn't both message boxes show? Instead no messagebox
displays. I know that .NET will auto-number enum's when omitted.
<Flags()> Public Enum Permission
Read
Write
Delete
Rename
Copy
Move
End Enum
Private p As Permission
p = Permission.Copy And Permission.Read
If p = Permission.Copy Then
MessageBox.Show ("Copy")
End If
If p = Permission.Copy And p = Permission.Read Then
MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
Randy,
In addition to Daniel's suggestion of giving values to the Enum values.
<Flags()> Public Enum Permission
Read = 1
Write = 2
Delete = 4
Rename = 16
Copy = 32
Move = 64
End Enum
To combine the values you need to use Or. Private p As Permission
p = Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read
Then you need to 'mask' the value and see if its not zero.
If (p and Permission.Copy ) <> 0 Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy")
End If
You can check for not zero or both values combined:
If (p and Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read ) = (Permission.Cop y Or
Permission.Read ) Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
Sometimes when dealing with combined values, such as Read & Copy above, I
will define a constant that represents the two values combined
Const ReadAndCopy As Permission = Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read
If (p and ReadAndCopy ) = ReadAndCopy Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
Other times I will setup a function to check the masked values:
Private Function CheckMask(ByVal value As Permission, ByVal mask As
Permission)
Return (value And mask) = value
End Function
If CheckMask(p, Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read ) Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
I will use the mask & value method when I want to check that out of Copy &
Read only Copy is set.
If (p and Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read ) = Permission.Copy Then
MessageBox.Show ("Of Copy & Read, only Copy set")
End If
When you think about it, one would expect And would be used to combine the
value (set theory). However enums are implemented as integers and boolean
theory is how they are worked with...
Hope this helps
Jay
"Randy" <ra***@penHATES PAMsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OF******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P11.phx.gbl... I can't seem to find a clear example on how to use the FlagsAttribute. In
my example below shouldn't both message boxes show? Instead no messagebox
displays. I know that .NET will auto-number enum's when omitted.
<Flags()> Public Enum Permission
Read
Write
Delete
Rename
Copy
Move
End Enum
Private p As Permission
p = Permission.Copy And Permission.Read
If p = Permission.Copy Then
MessageBox.Show ("Copy")
End If
If p = Permission.Copy And p = Permission.Read Then
MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
This is something I find that .NET messed up.
if I specify the [Flags] attribute, why should I have to set the enum values
in powers of 2? Why cant the enum be smart enough to see that attribute and
set them accordingly. What is the benifit of the Flags attribute then? Its
lost. Pointless.
"Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" <Ja********@ema il.msn.com> wrote in message
news:Oy******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P09.phx.gbl... Randy,
In addition to Daniel's suggestion of giving values to the Enum values.
<Flags()> Public Enum Permission
Read = 1
Write = 2
Delete = 4
Rename = 16
Copy = 32
Move = 64
End Enum
To combine the values you need to use Or.
Private p As Permission
p = Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read
Then you need to 'mask' the value and see if its not zero.
If (p and Permission.Copy ) <> 0 Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy")
End If
You can check for not zero or both values combined:
If (p and Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read ) = (Permission.Cop y Or
Permission.Read ) Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
Sometimes when dealing with combined values, such as Read & Copy above, I
will define a constant that represents the two values combined
Const ReadAndCopy As Permission = Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read
If (p and ReadAndCopy ) = ReadAndCopy Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
Other times I will setup a function to check the masked values:
Private Function CheckMask(ByVal value As Permission, ByVal mask As
Permission)
Return (value And mask) = value
End Function
If CheckMask(p, Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read ) Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
I will use the mask & value method when I want to check that out of Copy &
Read only Copy is set.
If (p and Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read ) = Permission.Copy Then
MessageBox.Show ("Of Copy & Read, only Copy set")
End If
When you think about it, one would expect And would be used to combine the
value (set theory). However enums are implemented as integers and boolean
theory is how they are worked with...
Hope this helps
Jay
"Randy" <ra***@penHATES PAMsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OF******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P11.phx.gbl... I can't seem to find a clear example on how to use the FlagsAttribute.
In my example below shouldn't both message boxes show? Instead no
messagebox displays. I know that .NET will auto-number enum's when omitted.
<Flags()> Public Enum Permission
Read
Write
Delete
Rename
Copy
Move
End Enum
Private p As Permission
p = Permission.Copy And Permission.Read
If p = Permission.Copy Then
MessageBox.Show ("Copy")
End If
If p = Permission.Copy And p = Permission.Read Then
MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
This is something I find that .NET messed up.
if I specify the [Flags] attribute, why should I have to set the enum values
in powers of 2? Why cant the enum be smart enough to see that attribute and
set them accordingly. What is the benifit of the Flags attribute then? Its
lost. Pointless.
"Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" <Ja********@ema il.msn.com> wrote in message
news:Oy******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P09.phx.gbl... Randy,
In addition to Daniel's suggestion of giving values to the Enum values.
<Flags()> Public Enum Permission
Read = 1
Write = 2
Delete = 4
Rename = 16
Copy = 32
Move = 64
End Enum
To combine the values you need to use Or.
Private p As Permission
p = Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read
Then you need to 'mask' the value and see if its not zero.
If (p and Permission.Copy ) <> 0 Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy")
End If
You can check for not zero or both values combined:
If (p and Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read ) = (Permission.Cop y Or
Permission.Read ) Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
Sometimes when dealing with combined values, such as Read & Copy above, I
will define a constant that represents the two values combined
Const ReadAndCopy As Permission = Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read
If (p and ReadAndCopy ) = ReadAndCopy Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
Other times I will setup a function to check the masked values:
Private Function CheckMask(ByVal value As Permission, ByVal mask As
Permission)
Return (value And mask) = value
End Function
If CheckMask(p, Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read ) Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
I will use the mask & value method when I want to check that out of Copy &
Read only Copy is set.
If (p and Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read ) = Permission.Copy Then
MessageBox.Show ("Of Copy & Read, only Copy set")
End If
When you think about it, one would expect And would be used to combine the
value (set theory). However enums are implemented as integers and boolean
theory is how they are worked with...
Hope this helps
Jay
"Randy" <ra***@penHATES PAMsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OF******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P11.phx.gbl... I can't seem to find a clear example on how to use the FlagsAttribute.
In my example below shouldn't both message boxes show? Instead no
messagebox displays. I know that .NET will auto-number enum's when omitted.
<Flags()> Public Enum Permission
Read
Write
Delete
Rename
Copy
Move
End Enum
Private p As Permission
p = Permission.Copy And Permission.Read
If p = Permission.Copy Then
MessageBox.Show ("Copy")
End If
If p = Permission.Copy And p = Permission.Read Then
MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
Mr.Tickle,
I won't disagree with you in that the compiler should figure out to use
Powers of two when you apply the Flags attribute and do not explicitly list
the values. What is the benifit of the Flags attribute then?
The attribute controls the default behavior of the Enum.ToString method.
For example:
Private p As Permission
p = Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read
Debug.WriteLine (p, "Permission ")
If Permission has the Flags attribute, then "Permission : Copy, Read" will be
printed, without the Flags attribute 33 will be printed. You can use one of
the Overloaded Enum.ToString methods to control this...
Hope this helps
Jay
"Mr.Tickle" <Mr******@mrmen .com> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP12.phx.gbl. .. This is something I find that .NET messed up.
if I specify the [Flags] attribute, why should I have to set the enum
values in powers of 2? Why cant the enum be smart enough to see that attribute
and set them accordingly. What is the benifit of the Flags attribute then?
Its lost. Pointless.
"Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" <Ja********@ema il.msn.com> wrote in
message news:Oy******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P09.phx.gbl... Randy,
In addition to Daniel's suggestion of giving values to the Enum values.
<Flags()> Public Enum Permission
Read = 1
Write = 2
Delete = 4
Rename = 16
Copy = 32
Move = 64
End Enum
To combine the values you need to use Or.
Private p As Permission
p = Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read
Then you need to 'mask' the value and see if its not zero.
If (p and Permission.Copy ) <> 0 Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy")
End If
You can check for not zero or both values combined:
If (p and Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read ) = (Permission.Cop y Or
Permission.Read ) Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
Sometimes when dealing with combined values, such as Read & Copy above,
I will define a constant that represents the two values combined
Const ReadAndCopy As Permission = Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read
If (p and ReadAndCopy ) = ReadAndCopy Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
Other times I will setup a function to check the masked values:
Private Function CheckMask(ByVal value As Permission, ByVal mask As
Permission)
Return (value And mask) = value
End Function
If CheckMask(p, Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read ) Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
I will use the mask & value method when I want to check that out of Copy
& Read only Copy is set.
If (p and Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read ) = Permission.Copy
Then MessageBox.Show ("Of Copy & Read, only Copy set")
End If
When you think about it, one would expect And would be used to combine
the value (set theory). However enums are implemented as integers and
boolean theory is how they are worked with...
Hope this helps
Jay
"Randy" <ra***@penHATES PAMsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OF******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P11.phx.gbl... I can't seem to find a clear example on how to use the FlagsAttribute.
In my example below shouldn't both message boxes show? Instead no messagebox displays. I know that .NET will auto-number enum's when omitted.
<Flags()> Public Enum Permission
Read
Write
Delete
Rename
Copy
Move
End Enum
Private p As Permission
p = Permission.Copy And Permission.Read
If p = Permission.Copy Then
MessageBox.Show ("Copy")
End If
If p = Permission.Copy And p = Permission.Read Then
MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
Mr.Tickle,
I won't disagree with you in that the compiler should figure out to use
Powers of two when you apply the Flags attribute and do not explicitly list
the values. What is the benifit of the Flags attribute then?
The attribute controls the default behavior of the Enum.ToString method.
For example:
Private p As Permission
p = Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read
Debug.WriteLine (p, "Permission ")
If Permission has the Flags attribute, then "Permission : Copy, Read" will be
printed, without the Flags attribute 33 will be printed. You can use one of
the Overloaded Enum.ToString methods to control this...
Hope this helps
Jay
"Mr.Tickle" <Mr******@mrmen .com> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP12.phx.gbl. .. This is something I find that .NET messed up.
if I specify the [Flags] attribute, why should I have to set the enum
values in powers of 2? Why cant the enum be smart enough to see that attribute
and set them accordingly. What is the benifit of the Flags attribute then?
Its lost. Pointless.
"Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" <Ja********@ema il.msn.com> wrote in
message news:Oy******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P09.phx.gbl... Randy,
In addition to Daniel's suggestion of giving values to the Enum values.
<Flags()> Public Enum Permission
Read = 1
Write = 2
Delete = 4
Rename = 16
Copy = 32
Move = 64
End Enum
To combine the values you need to use Or.
Private p As Permission
p = Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read
Then you need to 'mask' the value and see if its not zero.
If (p and Permission.Copy ) <> 0 Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy")
End If
You can check for not zero or both values combined:
If (p and Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read ) = (Permission.Cop y Or
Permission.Read ) Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
Sometimes when dealing with combined values, such as Read & Copy above,
I will define a constant that represents the two values combined
Const ReadAndCopy As Permission = Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read
If (p and ReadAndCopy ) = ReadAndCopy Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
Other times I will setup a function to check the masked values:
Private Function CheckMask(ByVal value As Permission, ByVal mask As
Permission)
Return (value And mask) = value
End Function
If CheckMask(p, Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read ) Then MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
I will use the mask & value method when I want to check that out of Copy
& Read only Copy is set.
If (p and Permission.Copy Or Permission.Read ) = Permission.Copy
Then MessageBox.Show ("Of Copy & Read, only Copy set")
End If
When you think about it, one would expect And would be used to combine
the value (set theory). However enums are implemented as integers and
boolean theory is how they are worked with...
Hope this helps
Jay
"Randy" <ra***@penHATES PAMsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OF******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P11.phx.gbl... I can't seem to find a clear example on how to use the FlagsAttribute.
In my example below shouldn't both message boxes show? Instead no messagebox displays. I know that .NET will auto-number enum's when omitted.
<Flags()> Public Enum Permission
Read
Write
Delete
Rename
Copy
Move
End Enum
Private p As Permission
p = Permission.Copy And Permission.Read
If p = Permission.Copy Then
MessageBox.Show ("Copy")
End If
If p = Permission.Copy And p = Permission.Read Then
MessageBox.Show ("Copy & Read")
End If
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