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GetFields not working on enum type (anymore)

I have a method that takes a type that relates to an enum and then gets
all the Description attributes or the name and returns them in a string
array.
This was working until I added the check to see if the field was a
IsSpecialName as I was getting a value__ field I did not want.
Now, GetFields only ever returns a zero length array.
I cannot see what I have done.

The code is below

TIA
--
JB

public static string[] GetEnumDescript ions(System.Typ e EnumType)
{
string[] ReturnNames = new string[0];

FieldInfo[] Fields = EnumType.GetFie lds(BindingFlag s.CreateInstanc e |
BindingFlags.Pu blic);
foreach(FieldIn fo Field in Fields)
{
if(!Field.IsSpe cialName)
{
string[] Temp = new string[ReturnNames.Len gth + 1];
ReturnNames.Cop yTo(Temp, 0);
ReturnNames = Temp;
Object[] Atts =
Field.GetCustom Attributes(type of(DescriptionA ttribute), false);
DescriptionAttr ibute Att = Atts.Length != 0 ? Atts[0] as
DescriptionAttr ibute : null;
if(Att != null)
{
ReturnNames[ReturnNames.Get UpperBound(0)] = Att.Description ;
}
else
{
ReturnNames[ReturnNames.Get UpperBound(0)] = Field.Name;
}
}
}
return ReturnNames;
}
Nov 16 '05 #1
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I think there might be something wrong with the project.
I put in a line to get all the names of the enum.
When I tried to watch this value I got an out of scope error.
Stepping through, the code jumped over code for no reason, straight into
the middle of the foreach loop and then exited.

I changed the cofig to release, rebuilt the proj, changed back to debug,
rebuilt and now getnames works.

Very very strange

JB
:(
Nov 16 '05 #2

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