WPF: Ideas to set an flag enum value for a single object using Binding Mechanism

Question

I have a Enum for example...

    public enum TypeIdentifier {
         NotSet = 0,
         Type1= 1,
         Type2= 2,
         Type3= 3,
         Type4= 4,
         Type5= 5
        }

public class CommonObject
{

TypeIdentifier myTypeIdentifier {get; set;}
}

I have a WPF UserControl that has a generalized object binding.I have a common object that is used three times,masked as 5 different UserControls (member use varies).

I need to include hidden the value say TypeIdentifier.Type1 in UserControl One.How can I do this.I just need the object member to be set to TypeIdentifier.Type1 what ever control in the UserControl it is.The thing is that I can't directly reference the enum above in my user control project..:-( Any help?

Answer 1

If you can't reference the enum, then you'll have to use ints and Enum.Parse(), probably hidden in a ValueConverter.