How do you bind an Enum to a DropDownList control in ASP.NET?

Question

Let\'s say I have the following simple enum:

enum Response
{
    Yes = 1,
    No = 2,
    Maybe = 3
}

How can I bind this enum to a DropDow

Answer 1

After finding this answer I came up with what I think is a better (at least more elegant) way of doing this, thought I'd come back and share it here.

Page_Load:

DropDownList1.DataSource = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Response));
DropDownList1.DataBind();

LoadValues:

Response rIn = Response.Maybe;
DropDownList1.Text = rIn.ToString();

SaveValues:

Response rOut = (Response) Enum.Parse(typeof(Response), DropDownList1.Text);