Posts tagged Bind with Enum

Silverlight doesn’t have any kind of ObjEctDataProvider with it. So the famous example of binding the controls with an ObjectDataProvider doesn’t work with silverlight as it works with WPF

<UserControl.Resources>
<ObjectDataProvider MethodName=“GetValues” ObjectType=”{x:Type sys:Enum}“  x:Key=“AlignmentValues”>   <ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
          <x:Type TypeName=“HorizontalAlignment” />
   </ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
</ObjectDataProvider>

This can be done via code behind in the Silverlight.  Just add a reference to the Reflection assembly.
using System.Reflection;

Use this simple function to get IEnumerable collection out of Enum type.

        public IEnumerable<Enum> GetEnumValues(Enum enumeration)
        {
            return from gField in enumeration.GetType().GetFields(BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public)
                   select (Enum)gField.GetValue(enumeration);
        }

Just bind the results of this function with your control and its done !

 ComboFrom.ItemsSource = GetEnumValues(new SehajService.Currency());