enum

[frivard]

I have a Enum named "Status" with elements like

public enum Status : int
{
[Description("Treatment")] T = 82,
[Description("Complete")] C = 67,
}

I want to display de content of this Enum in a combobox.
In my combobox i want the [Description] attribute to be
displayed.

For example: I want "Treatment" as DisplayMember and "T"
as valueMember.

How can i do that ?
Thanks

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

frivard,

I would enumerate through the values in your enumeration, getting the
description for each value. When you do this, I would create a data table
with two columns, one with a string value and one with a number. In the
string column, you will get the value from reflection for the description.
In the integer column, you will place the value of the enumeration itself.

Then, you can just bind to this dataset, and set the display member and
value member appropriately.

Hope this helps.

 

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Frivard,
You will need to reflection to load the values into the combobox.

The following articles should get you started.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d.../cpcondiscoveringtypeinformationatruntime.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...guide/html/cpconaccessingcustomattributes.asp

Hope this helps
Jay

 

[Kenneth Baltrinic]

Check out this excelent article on using the static members of the Enum
class instead of doing all the reflection work yourself.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/10/net/
--Ken