Hello,

How do you guys use Enums with properties generated by LLBLGen? What I like to do is turn one of my integer properties into an enum instead...

I'm currently inheriting the class and shadowing the property I like to change...

However doing so still leaves the base class around - which can be used inadvertently.

So whats the best way to handle this?

Any possiblity of getting LLBLGen to use enums for properties? Small request

I have been using my BL to send the Enum and then when I would receive the enum back I would submit it to the DAL as an int. I've never thought of doing anything like this, but have you looked into using a type converter that would be able to do this for you?

I think I'm going to go the inheritence route because I would like to pass entire objects to the end user... I just read over the LLBLGen docs and it cleared up a lot of questions I had. Perhaps I should have read the docs more closely.

Tho in the CHM help file, it says in the FactoryClass to declare:

Public Overrides Function Create() As IEntity2

but I have to declare it as

Public Overloads Overrides Function Create() As IEntity2

Would adding the extra overload cause any problems?

Also what about all the other base classes - like the EntityFieldIndex classes, etc, do I need to inherit those too?

You can use a type converter for that. Be sure to place hte enum types in an assembly which you won't rename and keep it in the TypeConverters folder of the llblgen pro designer.