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Asked: 2026-05-12T14:08:35+00:00

I have a dll that has a class called Series. This class has a

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I have a dll that has a class called Series. This class has a field which is an enumeration of DataTypes. I am binding the datagrid to a list of objects of this class, and I am able to display the enumeration values in a combobox fashion
However, the values’ names don’t make a lot of sense. For example, I want to display ‘prc’ as ‘price’ and still represent the correct object value.

this is what I currently do

            this.seriesDataTypeColumn.Items.AddRange(new object[] {
        MuDBLayer.DataType.mv,
        MuDBLayer.DataType.vol,
        MuDBLayer.DataType.num,
        MuDBLayer.DataType.prc,
        MuDBLayer.DataType.Composite});

mv, vol, num and prc are displayed in the datagridcomboboxes.
I wanna display
money value, volume, number, and price instead
any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Take a look at https://msmvps.com/blogs/deborahk/archive/2009/07/10/enum-binding-to-the-description-attribute.aspx or http://blogs.freshlogicstudios.com/Posts/View.aspx?Id=388f7d39-0b90-43bc-b03a-c1f605dfb499. You can add a Description attribute to your enums to display a more friendly value.

    You might also find some more information in this related question How to bind a custom Enum description to a DataGrid.

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