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Unfortunately in Visual Basic 6 and previous versions, if you type an Enum value with the wrong case the system changes the case to match what you typed. For example, suppose you define an Enum like this:
Private Enum People
perManager
perEmployee
perCustomer
End Enum
Now suppose you are writing code and you type:
the_customer.PersonType = percustomer
Visual Basic updates the definition of the Enum so this value is spelled percustomer rather than perCustomer. Not fatal but annoying!
You can prevent this by declaring variables with the same names and the proper case. The coolest part is that the declarations don't need to be incorporated into the compiled code so you can hide them using compiler directives.
#If False Then
Dim perManager
Dim perEmployee
Dim perCustomer
#End If
Private Enum People
perManager
perEmployee
perCustomer
End Enum
Now if you type the Enum value in the wrong case, Visual Basic corrects it so it matches the hidden variable declarations.
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