Packet Enum - Completed

[Aranshada]

I'd just like to add a little note about this tutorial, if I may.

Any variable declared of a custom Enum type will be 4 bytes.

I even made a quick test program to confirm this.

I had one form, and one module.
In the module, I had this code:

Code:

Public Enum PacketName
    First = 1
    Second
    Third
    Fourth
    Fifth
    Sixth
    Seventh
    Eighth
    Ninth
    Tenth
End Enum

In the form, I had this code:

Code:

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim myEnumVar As PacketName
    
    myEnumVar = Fifth
    
    MsgBox "myEnumVar: " & Str$(myEnumVar) & vbNewLine & "LenB: " & LenB(myEnumVar)
    End
End Sub

When I ran the program, I got a message box containing this:

myEnumVar: 5
LenB: 4

I felt I needed to bring that to light since it was mentioned in the tutorial that it would make the packet ID be 1-2 bytes, but it will indeed be a full four bytes.
Of course, the way to make them 1 or 2 bytes is to have a bunch of constants set as bytes or integers. But by nature, all Enums are of data type Long.

P.S. I believe I may still have a copy of Verrigan's "binary packet" MSE where he tweaked all of the stuff. Granted, I can't check until I can get back to my computer at home.