Enums and GetText()

[beelzerob]

Is it possible to get the text of an enum, without first assigning it to a variable?

So, if there is an enum that defines:
Enum Myenum
stuff : "ThisStuff";
EndEnum

Can I then reference in the code:

Myenum.stuff.GetText()

and get "ThisStuff"?

I'm thinking I CAN'T, and I'm thinking that instead of an enum, I should probably just declare constants for what I want instead.

[Dean Roddey]

You ahve to actually create an enumerated value and set it. But if you are looking for something use in a driver to translate back and forth between an internal and external value, enums are very much designed to do that.

What you do is set the left side to the internal and the right side to the external (or vice versa), and you can do SetText() or SetName() on it from the text, then read the other value out. You do need to put an exception handler around it though, in case the text/name you are setting turns out not to be one of the actual values.

[beelzerob]

Well, what I had was an enumerated list of strings that represented certain status requests (PowerStatusReq, VolumeStatusReq, etc). They were all related, in that they were all status requests, but otherwise, they really don't benefit from being enumerations. I'll just change 'em to literals.