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

You can do this a lot shorter

public enum Test
    {
        Test1 = 1,
        Test2 = 2,
        Test3 = 3
    }
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {

            var items = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Test));

            foreach (var item in items)
            {
                //Gives you the names
                Console.WriteLine(item);
            }


            foreach(var item in (Test[])items)
            {
                // Gives you the numbers
                Console.WriteLine((int)item);
            }
        }
    }