How to bind enums to dropdown list?

Asked Jun 18 '14 at 09:06

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I used linq to get a set of Enums except one.This is my Linq

List<SyncRequestTypeEnum> lstDefaultSyncList = (List<SyncRequestTypeEnum>)(Enum
  .GetValues(typeof(SyncRequestTypeEnum))
  .Cast<SyncRequestTypeEnum>()
  .Except(new SyncRequestTypeEnum[] { SyncRequestTypeEnum.ProjectLevel })).ToList();

SyncRequestTypeEnum is my enum class which has 3 Enums. Here I am using (Enum.GetValues(typeof(SyncRequestTypeEnum)) so I am getting values. Now I am binding these values to dropdownlist as:

 ((DropDownList)control).DataSource = HtmlEncodeHelper.HtmlEncode(lstDefaultSyncList );
 ((DropDownList)control).DataBind();

This is not binding the actual enums. In UI it is displaying the values as System.Data.DataRowView. If I use GetNames instead of GetValues it is throwing a cast error

can someone help on this?

edited Jun 18 '14 at 09:10

Patrick

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asked Jun 18 '14 at 09:06

user3356020

Changed to answer below – Inept Adept Jun 18 '14 at 09:08
possible duplicate of [How do you bind an Enum to a DropDownList control in ASP.NET?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/61953/how-do-you-bind-an-enum-to-a-dropdownlist-control-in-asp-net) – Sean Airey Jun 18 '14 at 09:11

How to bind enums to dropdown list?

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