/* Create Enum Data Block First */ public enum DignosisOrderType { All = 0, General = 1, Uveitis = 2, Coag = 3, PreOp = 4, Tests = 5, RP = 6 } /* Now Creat a method to bind this drop download- pass control and Enum Data to function */ public static void BindDropDownByEnum(ref DropDownList dropDownList, Type enumDataSource) { DataTable dtTemp = new DataTable(); /*create datatable and follow the steps of ADO to bind with dropdown list */ dtTemp.Columns.Add("ID"); dtTemp.Columns.Add("Name"); string[] names = Enum.GetNames(enumDataSource); Array values = Enum.GetValues(enumDataSource); for (int i = 0; i < names.Length; i++) { DataRow drTemp = dtTemp.NewRow(); drTemp["ID"] = Convert.ToInt32((DignosisOrderType)Enum.Parse (typeof(DignosisOrderType), names[i])).ToString(); drTemp["Name"] = names[i]; dtTemp.Rows.Add(drTemp); } DataView dvTemp = new DataView(dtTemp); dvTemp.Sort = "Name"; dropDownList.DataTextField = "Name"; dropDownList.DataValueField = "ID"; dropDownList.DataSource = dvTemp; dropDownList.DataBind(); } Call Above Method BindDropDownByEnum(ref DropDownList1, typeof(DignosisOrderType)); |
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Bind Enum to Dropdown List With Sorting
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