Question

I am trying to figure out if the DayOfWeek Enumeration list can be sorted by using the integer value (ie Sunday = 0). Ultimately I want to take the DayOfWeek Enumeration list and population a dropdownlist with the days of the week from Sunday – Monday and I do not want to hard code the items in the HTML markup. Is this possible?

Answer 1

So you want to bind the DayOfWeek enum to a DropDownList?

This should work, although i wouldn’t use an enum as DataSource for a DropDownList:

Dim days = From d In Enumerable.Range(0, 7)
            Select New With {
                .DayName = [Enum].GetName(GetType(DayOfWeek), d),
                .DayNumber = d
            }
Me.DdlDays.DataSource = days
Me.DdlDays.DataTextField  = "DayName"
Me.DdlDays.DataValueField = "DayNumber"
Me.DdlDays.DataBind()

This is sorted by the integer value by default, hence it starts with Sunday. You could change it easily with an Order By.