How to use Enum in vb.net
VB.NET Enum Example
When you are in a situation to have a number of constants that are logically related to each other, you can define them together these constants in an enumerator list. An enumerated type is declared using the enum keyword.
Syntax:

Enum declaration
An enumeration has a name, an underlying data type, and a set of members. Each member represents a constant. It is useful when you have a set of values that are functionally significant and fixed.
Retrieve and check the Enum value
A simple Enum Excercise
Initializing Members
By default the underlying type of each element in the enum is int. If you do not specify initializer for a member, VB.Net initializes it either to zero. If you try with above example to convert to integer then you can see the result like the following:
Output is : Temperature value is..1
If you declare a different value in the first member of Enum then it assign the next value greater by one than that of the immediately preceding member. Check with the following program.
Output is : Temperature value is..4
You can specify another integral numeric type by using a colon. The following Enum declare as byte, you can verify the underlying numeric values by casting to the underlying type.
You can retrieve the value like the following:
How to get int value from enum
Enum.Parse in VB.Net
Enum.Parse() converts the VB.Net string representation of the name or integer value of one or more enumerated constants to an equivalent Enum object.
String convert to Enum
Output is : green
How can an int value cast to enum
Following is the easiest method to cast an int to enum.
MyEnum myenum = (MyEnum)intvalue;
Ex:
Converts int to enum values
Method 2:
MyEnum myenum = (MyEnum)Enum.ToObject(typeof(MyEnum) , intvalue);
You can check if it's in range using Enum.IsDefined
How to Loop through all enum values in VB.Net
The VB.Net GetValues() returns an array that contains a value for each value of the enum Type . If more than one members have the same value, it will return array includes duplicate values
Iterating through an enum in vb.net
The following example will show how do enumerate an enum .
Enum Flags Attribute
The idea of Enum Flags is to take an enumeration variable and allow it hold multiple values. It should be used whenever the enum represents a collection of flags, rather than representing a single value. More about.... Enum Flags ExplainedConvert an enum to a List
The following program shows how to convert an enum to List Datastructure. More about.... Enum to ListEnum in Select Case
The following program shows how to use Enum in Select....Case statement.
Public Class Form1 Enum Temperature Low Medium High End Enum Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim value As Temperature = Temperature.Medium Select Case value Case Temperature.Low MessageBox.Show("Low Temperature") Exit Select Case Temperature.Medium MessageBox.Show("Mediuam Temperature") Exit Select Case Temperature.High MessageBox.Show("High Temperature") Exit Select End Select End Sub End Class