Getting description attribute value from value type

[Smokey Grindle]

Say I have an enumeration

Public Enum MyEnum
<desctription("test 123") Test
<description("My Val") Value
end enum

private MyValue as MyEnum = MyEnum.Text

now I want to get the description in code, i'm assumeing reflection, but
exactly how would I get that information about the description of the value
in MyValue? thanks!

 

[Larry Lard]

Say I have an enumeration

Public Enum MyEnum
<desctription("test 123") Test
<description("My Val") Value
end enum

Real code please.

 

[Smokey Grindle]

there is no "Real code" I'm just asking how do you access a value of an
attribute for an item....

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Public Enum MyEnum
<desctription("test 123") Test
<description("My Val") Value
end enum

private MyValue as MyEnum = MyEnum.Text

now I want to get the description in code, i'm assumeing reflection, but
exactly how would I get that information about the description of the
value in MyValue?

Adding descriptions to enumeration constants
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/?id=enumdescription&lang=en>

 

[Smokey Grindle]

thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for!

Adding descriptions to enumeration constants
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/?id=enumdescription&lang=en>