I have binded a list of enum to a combobox. Now I want to get the SelectedItem return the enum, which currently returns it as type object. How do I convert this object to my enum?
My framework is silverlight on windows-phone-7
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A:
Have you tried this??
YourEnum abc = (YourEnum) Enum.Parse(typeof(YourEnum), yourObject.ToString());
viky
2010-05-24 07:23:35
That may work with a string property, but not with `SelectedItem`.
leppie
2010-05-24 07:25:27
@leppie: I thought, for some reason, typecasting is not working for OP, so he can try this trick.
viky
2010-05-24 07:32:53
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Cast it directly:
MyEnum selected = (MyEnum)cboCombo.SelectedItem;
Note that you can't use the as cast in this case since an Enum is a value type.
Jon Seigel
2010-05-24 07:24:16
wow, this works now. For some reason, the compiler was telling me that `MyEnum` is being used as a variable in that exact statement.
Shawn Mclean
2010-05-24 07:27:43