Question

Hello how can I have like a catalog for a property in .net VB .. I mean if i have

Property funcion(ByVal _funcion As Int16) As Int16 
    Get
        Return _funcion
    End Get

    Set(ByVal value As Int16)
        _funcion = value
    End Set
End Property

I want to be able to assign to this property a limited number of options.

Example ..

Dim a as trick
a.funcion = (and get a list of possible attributes) ...

Thanks !!!

Answer 1

Instead of having it be of type Int16 have it be an Enum. It won’t be perfect since someone could still get around it, but they’d have to make an effort.

Here’s the documentation for Enum:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8h84wky1%28VS.80%29.aspx