cheers Jamie - that extra prperty is the approach i've ended up taking.

Jason

(Jamie Collins) wrote in message . com...
(jason) wrote ...

In a class module named PlayingCard I have:

public enum enumColour
CdRed = 1
CdBlack = 2
end enum

private mColour as string

property let CardColour(byval clntColour as enumcolour)
select case clntColour
case CdRed,CdBlack
mColour = clntColour
case else
'error trapping goes heer
end select
end property

property get CardColour() as enumColour
CardColour = mColour
end property

Then in a standard module:

dim NewCard as PlayingCard

Sub CheckitOut
set NewCard = new PlayingCard
With NewCard
.cardcolour = CdRed
end with

debug.print "The Cards colour: " & newcard.cardcolour

end sub


What I'm left with in the immediate window is:
The Cards colour: 1

But what I want returned in the immediate window is
The Cards colour: CdRed

A similar problem: how do you print the name of a variable?
Debug.Print <variable name will print its value but what about its
name, surely it knows its own name?!

You will need another property:

public property get CardColourText() as string
CardColourText = GetCardColourText(mColour)
end property

Private function GetCardColourText( _
byval Colour as enumcolour _
) as String
dim sReturn as string
select case Colour
case CdRed
sReturn = "Red"
case CdBlack
sReturn = "Black"
case else
' error trapping goes here
end select
GetCardColourText = sReturn
end function

Jamie.

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