On another note, just an FYI: it's not necessary to provide a number for your Enums (Pending = 1), they will default to numbers in the order you've written, starting at 0. If you want yours to start at 1, as you've shown below, or if you need a different numbering scheme for some reason, then you would have to explicitly define them as you did.

~~Bonnie




>Hi,
>
>I have an enum defined in a partial class of a Business Object (all my BOs are in one project) like this:
>
>

        enum StatusCode
>        {
>            Pending = 1,
>            InForce = 2,
>            Withdrawn = 3,
>            Postponed = 4,
>            Deferred = 5,
>            Cancelled = 6,
>            Claimed = 7,
>            Matured = 8,
>            Lapsed = 9,
>            Surrendered = 10,
>            DeathNotice = 11
>        }

>
>This lets me refer to the enum in code in the partial class no problem, like this:
>
>

this.Entity.Status = StatusCode.Pending;

>
>However, if I want to use this enum in the interface project (separate to the BO project, but part of the overall solution) I can't as the compiler does not recognise it. Is there some way to make this enum available outside of the BO? Or is this bad design?