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]

Smokey Grindle wrote:

Say I have an enumeration

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

Real code please.
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[Smokey Grindle]

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

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Smokey Grindle wrote:

>Say I have an enumeration

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

Real code please.
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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Smokey Grindle" <no****@dontspamme.comschrieb:

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>

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M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

[Smokey Grindle]

thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for!

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"Smokey Grindle" <no****@dontspamme.comschrieb:

>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>

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>