How to get Enumerator name from its value?

[j.pavlicek]

Hello, for testing purposes I'd like to know what type I've got. Typically it's stored in object properties as ObjectTypeEnum and an Integer is provided as property value. But it's tedious to look for each value in a help page.

There must be easier way...

[j.pavlicek · Accepted solution]

And this is solution:

Enum.GetName Method

Usage:

Dim EnumTest As Object = oDrawingCurve.ModelGeometry.Type
Dim sStr As String
sStr = [Enum].GetName(GetType(ObjectTypeEnum), EnumTest)

[_dscholtes_]

@j.pavlicek This is for C# in .Net only, right? This might be handy to mention, since there are multiple languages being discussed here (e.g. iLogic, VBA). For your next post / question, please mention the language you are programming in.
 

[j.pavlicek]

Hello, @_dscholtes_ i filled category "iLogic" (=vb.net) and thought it's enough.

[_dscholtes_]

@j.pavlicek My apologies. I didn't notice you mentioned iLogic in one of the tags.

Anyway, nice piece of code. May come in handy for debugging. I tested the following in a drawing document:

Dim oDrawingCurve As DrawingCurve
oDrawingCurve = ThisApplication.ActiveEditDocument.sheets(1).drawingviews(1).drawingcurves.item(1)

MessageBox.Show(oDrawingCurve.ModelGeometry.Type,"before")
'shows: 67120176

Dim EnumTest As Object = oDrawingCurve.ModelGeometry.Type
Dim sStr As String
sStr = [Enum].GetName(GetType(ObjectTypeEnum), EnumTest)

MessageBox.Show(sStr, "after")
'shows: kEdgeObject