Storing Enums in web.config

[Matt]

I have a module I have written that I'd like to use in a number of projets.
To save the various users having to tweak the code and recompile it, I'd
like to store all the parameters in the web.config.

This works fine apart from a series of eNums I have created.
When I try to assign myEnum = System.Config... I get an error message as I
cannot convert myEnum to a string.

So how do I do this ?

 

[Oenone]

When I try to assign myEnum = System.Config... I get an error message
as I cannot convert myEnum to a string.

Try something along these lines:

\\\
Dim myEnum as MyEnumType
myEnum = [Enum].Parse(GetType(MyEnumType), System.Config.whatever)
///

If you're using Option Strict, you'll need to DirectCast that to the
appropriate type:

\\\

myEnum = DirectCast([Enum].Parse(GetType(MyEnumType),
System.Config.whatever), MyEnumType)
///

Note that Enum.Parse() is case-sensitive.

Hope that helps,

 

[Matt]

Thanks, that did it !

Matt

When I try to assign myEnum = System.Config... I get an error message
as I cannot convert myEnum to a string.

Try something along these lines:

\\\
Dim myEnum as MyEnumType
myEnum = [Enum].Parse(GetType(MyEnumType), System.Config.whatever)
///

If you're using Option Strict, you'll need to DirectCast that to the
appropriate type:

\\\

myEnum = DirectCast([Enum].Parse(GetType(MyEnumType),
System.Config.whatever), MyEnumType)
///

Note that Enum.Parse() is case-sensitive.

Hope that helps,