enums and intellisense

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Steve Long

Anybody know how to make intellisense show a drop down the list of an enum
as a method argument like it does for .NET types?

Example:

public enum eGroupPlacements
{
GRP_RECORD,
GRP_REPORT
};

private void PlaceGroups(eGroupPlacements egrp)
{
// do something here
}

When I call the PlaceGroups method shouldn't I get a list of all the enum
members in the eGroupPlacements enumeration? How can I make that happen?

Thanks in advance for your help.
Steve
 
The C# language requires that enum values be qualified by enum types, so
instead of "GRP_RECORD", you will be writing "eGroupPlacements.GRP_RECORD".
Therefore to get intellisense on enum values, you have to write
"eGroupPlacements." first (intellisense can help you write this part too).

This may seem a step backward compared with how it's done in C++, but it
reduces chances for name clashing. For example, you can now have two enum
types to share the same enum value names:

enum Foo
{
Red, Green, Blue
};

enum Bar
{
Red, Black
};

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Visual Studio and .NET Setup

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| From: "Peter Rilling" <[email protected]>
|
| If you are referring to the way VB.NET handles enum parameters, C# does
not
| have this capability. You have to explicitly write the enumeration name
and
| then you get this list of possible values, the list does not appear
| automatically.
|
| | > Anybody know how to make intellisense show a drop down the list of an
enum
| > as a method argument like it does for .NET types?
| >
| > Example:
| >
| > public enum eGroupPlacements
| > {
| > GRP_RECORD,
| > GRP_REPORT
| > };
| >
| > private void PlaceGroups(eGroupPlacements egrp)
| > {
| > // do something here
| > }
| >
| > When I call the PlaceGroups method shouldn't I get a list of all the
enum
| > members in the eGroupPlacements enumeration? How can I make that happen?
| >
| > Thanks in advance for your help.
| > Steve
| >
| >
|
|
|
 
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