Diffrence between enum and type

[Mahdi Jazini]

What's difference between Enum and type in VB.NET?

[dday9]

An Enum is meant for if you have unchanging values that are related to each other. Enum's can also only return the following data types: Byte, Integer, Long, SByte, Short, UInteger, ULong, or UShort.

A Type can be thought of the foundation of a programming language. It's the most basic form of a given value.

[Mahdi Jazini]

An Enum is meant for if you have unchanging values that are related to each other. Enum's can also only return the following data types: Byte, Integer, Long, SByte, Short, UInteger, ULong, or UShort.

A Type can be thought of the foundation of a programming language. It's the most basic form of a given value.

Oh my God !!!

Where is the Type command in VB.Net ?!!!

Type was a useful command to make user-defined variables in modules and classes...

an example about Type:

'''''''' In Module1 in a Visual Basic 6 Project '''''''''''
Public Type test1
    a1 As String
    a2 As Byte
    a3 As String * 3
    a4 As Integer
End Type
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'''''''' In Form1 in a Visual Basic 6 Project '''''''''''

Private Sub Form_Load()

    Dim a_final As test1
    
    a_final.a1 = "test"
    a_final.a2 = 2
    a_final.a3 = "ali"
    a_final.a4 = 6536
    
    MsgBox a_final.a1
    MsgBox a_final.a2
    MsgBox a_final.a3
    MsgBox a_final.a4
    
End Sub

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Is the Enum equivalent of Type in VB.Net ?!

[dday9]

That looks like a class:

Public Class Test1
    Public a1 As String
    Public a2 As Byte
    Public a3 As String '* 3? Don't know what that is...
    Public a4 As Integer
End Class

Private Sub form_load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.OnLoad()

    Dim a_final As Test1 = New Test1 With {.a1 = "test", .a2 = 2, .a3 = "ali", .a4 = 6536}

End Sub

[David Anton]

There are 5 kinds of 'types' in VB:
Class
Structure (this is closer to the 'Type' of VB6)
Interface
Enum
Delegate

[szlamany]

If the values are going to be changing, use a CLASS. If they values are static use a STRUCTURE.

[jmcilhinney]

If the values are going to be changing, use a CLASS. If they values are static use a STRUCTURE.

Also, regardless of whether you declare a class or structure, don't put anything in a module. Classes, structures and modules are all first-class types so each one would best be declared in its own code file. None of them belong in any of the others except under specific circumstances.

[passel]

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Is the Enum equivalent of Type in VB.Net ?!

No, the Enum in VB.Net is pretty much the same as the Enum in VB6