Binding a list to an enumeration...

[Charlie]

Hi:

How would I bind a list to an enumeration so that enumeration value becomes
list values and enumeration constants becomes list text? Do you loop
through enum and add manually or is there a way to databind like when using
a table as list backing store?

Thanks,
Charlie

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

Charlie,

Generally, you could cycle through the enumeration and add the items
manually.

If you wanted to take advantage of data binding, then I would create a
generic class like so:

public class EnumListItem<T>
{
public readonly T Value;
public readonly string Display;

public EnumListItem(T value, string display)
{
// Assign the values.
this.Value = value;
this.Display = display;
}
}

Then, you can have a method which will return an IList<EnumListItem>
implementation which you can bind your listbox to. Of course, you set your
DisplayMember to "Display" and your ValueMember to "Value".

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Charlie@CBFC" <ch*****@cbfconsulting.comwrote in message
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Hi:

How would I bind a list to an enumeration so that enumeration value
becomes list values and enumeration constants becomes list text? Do you
loop through enum and add manually or is there a way to databind like when
using a table as list backing store?

Thanks,
Charlie

[Charlie]

Interesting. Thanks!
"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.comwrote in
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Charlie,

Generally, you could cycle through the enumeration and add the items
manually.

If you wanted to take advantage of data binding, then I would create a
generic class like so:

public class EnumListItem<T>
{
public readonly T Value;
public readonly string Display;

public EnumListItem(T value, string display)
{
// Assign the values.
this.Value = value;
this.Display = display;
}
}

Then, you can have a method which will return an IList<EnumListItem>
implementation which you can bind your listbox to. Of course, you set
your DisplayMember to "Display" and your ValueMember to "Value".

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Charlie@CBFC" <ch*****@cbfconsulting.comwrote in message
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>Hi:

How would I bind a list to an enumeration so that enumeration value
becomes list values and enumeration constants becomes list text? Do you
loop through enum and add manually or is there a way to databind like
when using a table as list backing store?

Thanks,
Charlie