Binding an enum to a WinForms combo box, and then setting it

Question

a lot of people have answered the question of how to bind an enum to a combo box in WinForms. Its like this:

comboBox1.DataSource = Enum.GetValues(typeof(MyE         


        

Answer 1

You can use a extension method

 public static void EnumForComboBox(this ComboBox comboBox, Type enumType)
 {
     var memInfo = enumType.GetMembers().Where(a => a.MemberType == MemberTypes.Field).ToList();
     comboBox.Items.Clear();
     foreach (var member in memInfo)
     {
         var myAttributes = member.GetCustomAttribute(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false);
         var description = (DescriptionAttribute)myAttributes;
         if (description != null)
         {
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(description.Description))
             {
                 comboBox.Items.Add(description.Description);
                 comboBox.SelectedIndex = 0;
                 comboBox.DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList;
             }
         }   
     }
 }

How to use ... Declare enum

using System.ComponentModel;

public enum CalculationType
{
    [Desciption("LoaderGroup")]
    LoaderGroup,
    [Description("LadingValue")]
    LadingValue,
    [Description("PerBill")]
    PerBill
}

This method show description in Combo box items

combobox1.EnumForComboBox(typeof(CalculationType));