how to bind enum values to strings
c#
Solution
Well, either you make a function which translates the values into strings or you ToString the value:
CommuProtocol prot = CommuProtocol.FTP;
string name = prot.ToString();
You can use the name of the enum member to get a proper value with the parse member of Enum:
CommuProtocol prot = System.Enum.Parse(CommuProtocol, "FTP");
However, since the names of the members might not be suitable for display it's possible that you'll end up making a method that translates the names anyway.
Problem
In my project there is an UI which contains a combobox and the combobox will list some communication protocol, such as TCP/IP, FTP and so on I want to use an enum to present the communication protocols, maybe like this: ``` public enum CommuProtocol { TCPIP = 0, FTP, MPI, Other } ``` so, how to bind the enum value to the text in combobox. For example, from the text selected in combobox I can easily know the corresponding enum value and vice versa. And I hope that will be easy to be extended in the future. The text maybe not the same with the enum value, etc, TCP/IP vs TCPIP... Thanks!