Re: Making Definitions

Jon,

Just declare the enum outside any other type.

Thanks, I do appreciate the help. This nearly has it for me, but I don't see
how I use the declaration in other assemblies then. I know I should go back
and read a c# manual, but most of the time I get it (at least somewhat).

The ImageDisplaySize is used in a WebControl and in the top of the file that
declares the web control, I put

public enum ImageDisplaySize { Small, Medium, Large }

I would expect to be able to use it where I had dragged the WebUC onto the
page. But it doesnt appear when I go to set the property type.

I am sure this is very easy on the "Easy Button" scale. Appreciate the help.


regards:jamie



"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" wrote:

Devon-S <DevonS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There is a great chance that I don't truely understand the enum. But since
the only examples at the link work exactly as I said in a class, sending me
back to how I didn't want them to work wasn't helpful to my lack of
understanding.

Peter didn't send you *back* to them - he sent you *to* them. You gave
no indication that you'd already looked at that page.

Furthermore, although the Days example is indeed a nested type (not a
subclass, by the way), the CarOptions one isn't.

But back to the problem...

There is a (something could be a type or a class) called FormViewMode. When
you want to change the mode of the form you do.

FormView1.ChangeMode(FormViewMode.Insert)

Ah, FormViewMode. Not FormView, which is a class. Yes, FormViewMode is
an enum, and Insert is a member of that enum.

<snip>

I would like to create a (whatever form view mode is) for ImageSize and have
three properties. Small Medium Large. I know I can do it sorta with an eNum.
But when I went to use it to access it, I had to do <Class>.EnumType.Property

Only if you make it a nested type.

With ImageSize it is actually going to be in lots of different places like
FormViewMode.

Appreciating the C# enlightenment...

Just declare the enum outside any other type.

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