Imports System

Public Module Module1

    Public Enum Test

        Value1

        Value2

        Value3

        Value4

    End Enum

    Public Sub Main()

        ' This works because it is doing a cast of the value... so Int casted to String

        Console.WriteLine(CStr(Test.Value1))

        ' This doesn't because the Enum.ToString() is overloaded and return the enum value "name"

        Console.WriteLine(Test.Value2.ToString())

        ' This doesn't because it calls the ToString

        Console.WriteLine(String.Format("{0}", Test.Value3))

        ' This works and is acceptable to used for Enums without using the CStr

        Console.WriteLine(Test.Value4.ToString("D"))

    End Sub

End Module