Getting description attribute value from value type

18 Aug 2006 1:40 PM

Smokey Grindle

Say I have an enumeration

Public Enum MyEnum
<desctription("test 123") Test
<description("My Val") Value
end enum

private MyValue as MyEnum = MyEnum.Text

now I want to get the description in code, i'm assumeing reflection, but
exactly how would I get that information about the description of the value
in MyValue? thanks!

18 Aug 2006 3:30 PM

Larry Lard

Smokey Grindle wrote:

> Say I have an enumeration
>
> Public Enum MyEnum
> <desctription("test 123") Test
> <description("My Val") Value
> end enum

Real code please.

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18 Aug 2006 3:46 PM

Smokey Grindle

there is no "Real code" I'm just asking how do you access a value of an
attribute for an item....

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> Smokey Grindle wrote:
>> Say I have an enumeration
>>
>> Public Enum MyEnum
>> <desctription("test 123") Test
>> <description("My Val") Value
>> end enum
>
> Real code please.
>
>
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18 Aug 2006 5:58 PM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Smokey Grindle" <nospam@dontspamme.com> schrieb:
> Public Enum MyEnum
> <desctription("test 123") Test
> <description("My Val") Value
> end enum
>
> private MyValue as MyEnum = MyEnum.Text
>
> now I want to get the description in code, i'm assumeing reflection, but
> exactly how would I get that information about the description of the
> value in MyValue?

Adding descriptions to enumeration constants
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/?id=enumdescription&lang=en>

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18 Aug 2006 6:00 PM

Smokey Grindle

thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for!

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"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> "Smokey Grindle" <nospam@dontspamme.com> schrieb:
>> Public Enum MyEnum
>>    <desctription("test 123") Test
>>    <description("My Val") Value
>> end enum
>>
>> private MyValue as MyEnum = MyEnum.Text
>>
>> now I want to get the description in code, i'm assumeing reflection, but
>> exactly how would I get that information about the description of the
>> value in MyValue?
>
> Adding descriptions to enumeration constants
> <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/?id=enumdescription&lang=en>
>
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> M S   Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B   <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>