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Peter Mortensen
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A bit late to the party, but using LinqUsing LINQ this can be done elegantly:

public static void SetOptions<T>(this DropDownList dropDownList) { if (!typeof(T).IsEnum) { throw new ArgumentException("Type must be an enum type."); } dropDownList.Items.AddRange(Enum .GetValues(typeof(T)) .Cast<Enum>() .Select(x => new ListItem(x.ToString(), Convert.ToInt32(x).ToString())) .ToArray()); }

A bit late to the party, but using Linq this can be done elegantly:

public static void SetOptions<T>(this DropDownList dropDownList) { if (!typeof(T).IsEnum) { throw new ArgumentException("Type must be an enum type."); } dropDownList.Items.AddRange(Enum .GetValues(typeof(T)) .Cast<Enum>() .Select(x => new ListItem(x.ToString(), Convert.ToInt32(x).ToString())) .ToArray()); }

Using LINQ this can be done elegantly:

public static void SetOptions<T>(this DropDownList dropDownList) { if (!typeof(T).IsEnum) { throw new ArgumentException("Type must be an enum type."); } dropDownList.Items.AddRange(Enum .GetValues(typeof(T)) .Cast<Enum>() .Select(x => new ListItem(x.ToString(), Convert.ToInt32(x).ToString())) .ToArray()); }
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matk
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A bit late to the party, but using Linq this can be done elegantly:

public static void SetOptions<T>(this DropDownList dropDownList) { if (!typeof(T).IsEnum) { throw new ArgumentException("Type must be an enum type."); } dropDownList.Items.AddRange(Enum .GetValues(typeof(T)) .Cast<Enum>() .Select(x => new ListItem(x.ToString(), Convert.ToInt32(x).ToString())) .ToArray()); }