Q. What is the function to return the enum name? A. See http://www.techtricks.com/delphi/enumname.php
Regards Sean Cross IT Systems Development Manager Catalyst Risk Management PO Box 230 50 Dalton St Napier 4140 DDI: 06-8340362 mobile: 021 270 3466 Visit us at http://www.catalystrisk.co.nz/ Offices in Auckland, Napier, Wellington & Christchurch Disclaimer: "The information contained in this document is confidential to the addressee(s) and may be legally privileged. Any view or opinions expressed are those of the author and may not be those of Catalyst Risk Management. No guarantee or representation is made that this communication is free of errors, viruses or interference. If you have received this e-mail message in error please delete it and notify me. Thank you." > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:delphi- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Myles Penlington > Sent: Thursday, 10 May 2007 11:18 a.m. > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: RE: [DUG] Why use a set when a string will work OK (and less > code)? > > The advantage of enumerated types is strong compiler type checking. Ie > no spelling/keying mistakes. > If you use the normal convention for enumerated types, .e.g > > MyStayus = (msActive, msPending, msEnded ) etc > > Then you can use a function and RTTI to convert the enumerated type > name > into a string for display. There is a RTTI function that returns the > name of an enumerated type e.g. "msActive", and then your function can > strip off the leading lowercase characters. > > Myles. > > _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe
