Using Enums

References:

1 . EnumHelper - Getting a Friendly Description from an Enum

2. Enum: Binding to the Description Attribute

3)Enum Helper Get enum values to bind to a listcontrol

///

/// Get all the values of an enumeration of Type enumType and bind to a listcontrol
///

/// Enumeration type/// List control /// Array of objects
public static void BindEnumToListControl(Type enumType, ListControl lstControl)
{
Dictionary enumslist = new Dictionary();
foreach (int enumValue in Enum.GetValues(enumType))
{
enumslist.Add(enumValue,Enum.GetName(enumType, enumValue));
}
lstControl.DataTextField = "Value";
lstControl.DataValueField = "Key";
lstControl.DataSource = enumslist;
lstControl.DataBind();
}

4)To convert integer to enum
EnumType var = (EnumType)(Convert.ToInt16(Enum_value);

5)Get enum integer value -- check
int i = (byte)Enum.Parse(typeof(EnumTypestring), volume_value));
or
int i = (byte)EnumType.Item;

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