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Enum problem in ATL full control.....

Hi
I have got a problem with ATL full control.
I have defined some enums in IDL and have some properties added to the
control of the enum type

for e.g.

typedef enum
{
SUB, FENCE
}BOXTYPE;

is defined as enum in library section of idl and 'boxType' is a property
added of type BOXTYPE to the control.

Now the problem is that in VB when the control is added to the form, in the
properties box ( accessed through F4), random values are shown for the
properties of these enum types.
Hence in the properties box, for the above boxType property some random
value such as 5864856- is shown instead of the values 0 / 1 or SUB / FENCE.

What is to be done in such a case?

I have also checked the .tlb through the OLE viewer and found that the definitions of the enums are perfect.

Thanx in advance
Rashmin

Wyn

Try

typedef enum
{
SUB=0, FENCE=1
}BOXTYPE;

Rashmin

ASKER

Hi Wyn
I tried the above thing but it does not help. VB is still showing random values for the enum type properties.
Rashmin

Wyn

I dont know why.I think the sub and fence has been replaced by 0 and 1 at compiling time.It should work.I figure it's problem of VB'S:)

Rashmin

ASKER

I've even checked the enum entries in the .tlb and values 0 and 1 are shown there but in VB it is always showing the value 5864856-. Moreover, it is not allowing to edit this value.
Please let me know what else can be done?

Wyn

Maybe the data type/int,byte.. is the reason.VB take it as int but maybe it's byte long.

Rashmin

ASKER

yes it is true that if i make it long VB accepts it but then i cannot show the actual enum values in the properties box

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Rashmin

ASKER

Thanks timop. That works perfectly.
Thanks a lot again.
Rashmin