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JavaScriptSerializer: how to serialize enum to JSON string instead of number?

Hello everyone! I'm a beginner C# developer, writing a small web application in ASP.NET Web Forms (old school, but it's a legacy project). I'm using `JavaScriptSerializer` to serialize an object to JSON to send to the client. I have this class: ```csharp public class User { public string Name { get; set; } public UserRole Role { get; set; } } public enum UserRole { Admin, Moderator, User } ``` I create an object and serialize it: ```csharp var user = new User { Name = "Ivan", Role = UserRole.Admin }; var serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer(); string json = serializer.Serialize(user); Console.WriteLine(json); ``` The output is: `{"Name":"Ivan","Role":0}`. The problem is that `Role` is serialized as a number (0, 1, 2), but I need it to be