Enums

[Jim Heavey]

Is there a method which will return the "text" value of an enum? Say I have
and enum which looks like the following....
public enum DBSource
{
Speed_DB=0,
Clarify_DB=1,
PSI_DB=2,
RNASand_DB=3,
PRGOPS_DB=4,
PRGAdmin_DB=5,
MKIS_DB=6,
DataBarn_DB=7
}

In this particular situation, I have a text value of "MKIS" and I need to
know if that value is represented by one of the "enums" and then if it is, I
need to pass the Enum as a parameter of a method... something like
DBSource.MKIS. Is there a way for me to do this?

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

[Eliyahu Goldin]

aDBSource.ToString(); should return the text value.

Eliyahu

"Jim Heavey" <Ji*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Is there a method which will return the "text" value of an enum? Say I have and enum which looks like the following....
public enum DBSource
{
Speed_DB=0,
Clarify_DB=1,
PSI_DB=2,
RNASand_DB=3,
PRGOPS_DB=4,
PRGAdmin_DB=5,
MKIS_DB=6,
DataBarn_DB=7
}

In this particular situation, I have a text value of "MKIS" and I need to
know if that value is represented by one of the "enums" and then if it is, I need to pass the Enum as a parameter of a method... something like
DBSource.MKIS. Is there a way for me to do this?

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

[Scott Mitchell [MVP]]

Jim Heavey wrote:

Is there a method which will return the "text" value of an enum?

Jim, check out this article:

Understanding Enumerations
http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/042804-1.aspx

In essence you can use the System.Enum.GetNames(type) to return the
string values of a given enumeration in a string array.

hth

--

Scott Mitchell [ASP.NET MVP]
mi******@4GuysFromRolla.com
http://www.4GuysFromRolla.com/ScottMitchell

[Jim Heavey]

Hey Scott, I enjoyed the article, but I am having difficulty in getting the
following instruction to work....

string[] names = System.Enum.Parse(GetType(Team.Common.RunMode.DBSo urce));

I get a compile error of "Team.Common.RunMode.DBSource' denotes a 'class'
where a 'variable' was expected).

I am attempting to reference the Enum called "DBSource" which is in a static
Class of Team.Common.RunMode. It looks equivalent to the instruction which I
found in the example you pointed me to. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance for your assistance!