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I know I have been able to do this before, long ago, so it must be possible.
I'd like to convert an item, such as a component's align property alNone, to a string that I can save, display, whatever. I know I can get the byte value and the come up with my own text, but I'm sure there is a more direct way.
For example I want to...
var S:string;
S:= somehow(Form.Align);
ShowMessage(S);
where "somehow" is however it is I convert the setting for the form's align property to a string such as "alNone'.
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We can convert an enum to string by calling the ToString() method of an Enum.
Two enum names can have same value. For example, in the following C program both 'Failed' and 'Freezed' have same value 0.
The stringify() macro method is used to convert an enum into a string. Variable dereferencing and macro replacements are not necessary with this method. The important thing is that, only the text included in parenthesis may be converted using the stringify() method.
SOLUTION: int enumValue = 2; // The value for which you want to get string string enumName = Enum. GetName(typeof(EnumDisplayStatus), enumValue);
You can convert between enum types and String back and forth using RTTI :
uses
RTTI;
procedure TForm40.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
var
sAlign: string;
eAlign: TAlign;
begin
//Enum to string
sAlign := TRttiEnumerationType.GetName(Align);
//string to enum
eAlign := TRttiEnumerationType.GetValue<TAlign>(sAlign);
end;
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