Question regarding enum type creation

Question

I need to create an enumerated type so that I will have a consistent set of constants to use while coding my login routine for a windows form application. I have a class called loginclass. I created the enum type with in that loginclass. Also in that loginclass I have a method that performs the authentication for this windows form app. So lets say I call CheckLogin() within the loginclass and I want to return one of the enum types which is basically authenticated - 0  notauthenticated - 1  databaseconnectionerror - 2. Do I have to create a new instance just to get to these enums or should these enums reside in another structure? In VB6 I would put this into a public declaration of one of my Modules. Thanks in Advance

andrew · Answer

Enum is just another type and it can be nested inside of class or outside of it. You can even create new file that holds your enum in it.

spatterson · Answer

I was able to solve my problem by placing the the enum type inside of the loginclass but outside of the actual public class loginclass constructor. Creating the enum type like this made the scope of the enum public to all classes in the project which is basically what I was looking for: public enum LoginStatus: int