Question

I would like to use the values in an enum as the source for some comboboxes. This compiles, but doesn’t populate the combobox:

private enum ValueType { Text, Barcode }

private ValueType vt;

private void FormCPCLCodeGenUtil_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    comboBoxType1.DataSource = vt;
}

…which shouldn’t surprise me, as vt hasn’t been assigned a value; and I don’t want the combobox to just have one value. So how can I do this (or is there a better way than using an enum as the data source)?

UPDATE

A side question: which one of these is better, when several comboboxes will use the same data source :

    comboBoxType1.DataSource = Enum.GetNames(typeof(ValueType)); 
    comboBoxFontSize1.DataSource = Enum.GetNames(typeof (FontSizeType));
    comboBoxAlign1.DataSource = Enum.GetNames(typeof(AlignOptions));

    //comboBoxType2.DataSource = comboBoxType1.DataSource; 
    comboBoxType2.DataSource = Enum.GetNames(typeof(ValueType));

(using the previously assigned comboboxes data source as its own, or connecting in the same way as the previous one?)

Answer 1

you can try this

comboBoxType1.DataSource= Enum.GetNames(typeof(ValueType));