enum Problem

[Barry]

Hi
I am trying to create a enumerator for some Color items like this

enum Colors : Color {

yellowColor = Color.FromArgb( 254, 253, 21),

YellowTopColor = Color.FromArgb( 254, 253, 21)

};



i get the followinng error message

Type byte, sbyte, short, ushort, int, uint, long or ulong expected



TIA



Barry

[Maqsood Ahmed]

Re: enum Problem

Hello,
Quoting MSDN:
"An enumeration (enum) is a special form of value type, which inherits
from System.Enum and supplies alternate names for the values of an
underlying primitive type. An enumeration type has a name, an underlying
type, and a set of fields. The underlying type must be one of the
built-in signed or unsigned integer types (such as Byte, Int32, or
UInt64). The fields are static literal fields, each of which represents
a constant. The same value can be assigned to multiple fields. When this
occurs, you must mark one of the values as the primary enumeration value
for purposes of reflection and string conversion."
So you can not define an enum of colors. You can use a struct for this
purpose.

HTH. Cheers.
Maqsood Ahmed [MCP,C#]
Kolachi Advanced Technologies

http://www.kolachi.net

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