References an ABL or .NET enumeration member in order to read its value.
Syntax
enum-type-name : enumeration-member
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enum-type-name
- The type name of an ABL or .NET enumeration type whose member you want to access.
Specify an enumeration type name using the syntax as described in the Type-name syntax reference entry. With an appropriate USING statement, you can specify an
unqualified enumeration type name.
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enumeration-member
- Specifies a name that identifies a specific enumeration member defined in the ABL or
.NET enumeration type.
Example
To set the background color of a button (button1) to the known system
color, aqua, you might enter this ABL code to set the BackColor button property to the value
of the appropriate System.Drawing.KnownColor member:
button1:BackColor = System.Drawing.KnownColor:Aqua.
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Similarly, you can set a variable defined as a Progress.Reflect.Flags enumeration to the Public member for use with one of
ABL's reflection methods:
DEFINE myAccessLevel AS Progress.Reflect.Flags.
myAccessLevel = Progress.Reflect.Flags:Public.
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Notes
- A .NET enumeration type can be an inner member of a class or its own type. For more
information on referencing enumeration types, see the Type-name syntax reference entry.
- For a list of ABL constructs and operators that can be used directly with ABL
enumeration types, see the ENUM statement entry.
