I have a 'company' class that uses an enumerated type to set what type of company it is(eg: oil company, trucking company). When I am binding the company to the form, I need to set the datasource of the company type combobox to the enumerated type. What is the best way to do this.
So far I had to build a ro collection object and fill it with ro objects that have the enumerated value and an associated string. While this works, it is a lot of work to set it up. Is there an easier way?
Thanks
Heath
Hi jhw,
I don’t know if this is the best way but it is one:
Enum MyEnum
Test1
Test2
End Enum
Me.cboMyCombo.DataSource = [Enum].GetNames(GetType(MyEnum))
With this solution your will have to parse the value selected from the ComboBox to have the real enumerated value:
Dim myValue As String
Dim enumValue As MyEnum
myValue = CStr(Me.cboMyCombo.SelectedValue)
enumValue = DirectCast([Enum].Parse(GetType(MyEnum), myValue), MyEnum)
I hope it will help you.
Benjamin
Hi jhw,
I don’t know if this is the best way but it is one:
Enum MyEnum
Test1
Test2
End Enum
Me.cboMyCombo.DataSource = [Enum].GetNames(GetType(MyEnum))
With this solution your will have to parse the value selected from the ComboBox to have the real enumerated value:
Dim myValue As String
Dim enumValue As MyEnum
myValue = CStr(Me.cboMyCombo.SelectedValue)
enumValue = DirectCast([Enum].Parse(GetType(MyEnum), myValue), MyEnum)
I hope it will help you.
Benjamin
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