Enumeration in Component

[ThomasWG]

I am using C# in Visual Studio to develop my own component. I inherited from
System.ComponentModel.Component. I added a public variable that is a
enumeration. The enumeration appears correctly in the Property Box for the
component and if I select a value that is not the default, the value gets
written to the code-behind file (.aspx.cs). But if I shut down Visual Studio
and get back in, the Property Box shows the default again (but the
code-behind shows the correct value). Is there something I can do to correct
this? Thanks.