String to Enumeration

[shapper]

Hello,

How do I convert a string an enumeration value?

I have the following Enum:

Public Enum MyEnum
Book = 1
Movie
End Enum

Basically, I have a variable of type MyEnum and I want to define a
value to it:

Dim MyString As String = "Book"
Dim MyVar As MyEnum = MyString

I am getting an error.
I then tried:
Dim MyVar As MyEnum = CType(MyString, MyEnum)

This is still not working.
Any idea of how to solve this?

Thanks,
Miguel

 

[Keith Patrick]

For outputing the string, just use MyEnum.ToString(). And to reverse the
operation, use Enum.Parse.