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Maybe Easy Question about usercontrols

I am creating a usercontrol in which I am using an Enum Type for some of the properties What I am trying to figure out how to do is how do I make the list that comes up at design time use words that cannot be used for variables in an Enum Type

here is what I am trying

Public Enum eAppearance
None
o3D
End Enum
Private meAppearance As eAppearance

Public Property Get Appearance() As eAppearance
Appearance = meAppearance
End Property

Public Property Let Appearance(ByVal thisAppearance As eAppearance)
meAppearance = thisAppearance
Call UserControl.PropertyChanged("Appearance")
End Property

When i do this I get this in the list of values i can use

None
o3D

What I want to get is

None
3D

How can I make this work?
Thank You

nffvrxqgrcfqvvc

I am almost certain you must always begin with a string.

cdthurman

ASKER

That is the problem what I was wondering is, is it possible to make the dropdown list different?

nffvrxqgrcfqvvc

I am not going to say "no" because I am not sure, but to my knowledge you can't use an integer(number) to begin. You need to use a string.

You could use: THREE3D

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Dana Seaman

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Dana Seaman

Note: The brackets do not appear in the IDE Properties. You would also use brackets where you want multiple words such as [Hello World]

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Its been more than 21 days since a comment has been added. I am going to leave this for clean up.
Recommend: Accept: danaseaman

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