Hello,

I have a class that contains an enumeration and I would like to bind
the members of the enumerations to a drop down list box. If have seen
some examples that use Enum.GetNames and Enum.GetValues but when ever I
pass the name of my enumeration I get an error. Let me illustrate.

--- VB.NET Code ----------

Public Class Phone

Public Enum PhoneNumberType
Home = 1
Work = 2
Mobile = 3
Fax = 4
Pager = 5
End Enum

End Class

--- ASP.NET Code -------

dropDownListBox.DataSource =
System.Enum.GetValues(Phone.PhoneNumberType)

It's here that I get an error. "PhoneNumberType is a type in Phone and
cannot be used as an expression". Any guess on what I might be doing
wrong? Thanks.

-dwok

Hi,
Try this..
Dim t1 As Type = GetType(Phone.PhoneNumberType)
dropDownListBox.DataSource = System.Enum.GetValues(t1)
dropDownListBox.DataBind();


"dwok" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a class that contains an enumeration and I would like to bind
> the members of the enumerations to a drop down list box. If have seen
> some examples that use Enum.GetNames and Enum.GetValues but when ever I
> pass the name of my enumeration I get an error. Let me illustrate.
>
> --- VB.NET Code ----------
>
> Public Class Phone
>
> Public Enum PhoneNumberType
> Home = 1
> Work = 2
> Mobile = 3
> Fax = 4
> Pager = 5
> End Enum
>
> End Class
>
> --- ASP.NET Code -------
>
> dropDownListBox.DataSource =
> System.Enum.GetValues(Phone.PhoneNumberType)
>
> It's here that I get an error. "PhoneNumberType is a type in Phone and
> cannot be used as an expression". Any guess on what I might be doing
> wrong? Thanks.
>
> -dwok
>
>