EnumConverter Class
Assembly: System (in system.dll)
This converter can only convert an enumeration object to and from a string. The EnumConverter class provides the Comparer property to get an IComparer interface that can be used to sort the values of the enumeration. By default, the enumeration values are sorted in the order they appear in the file.
For more information about type converters, see the TypeConverter base class and How to: Implement a Type Converter.
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| You should never create an instance of an EnumConverter. Instead, call the GetConverter method of the TypeDescriptor class. For more information, see the examples in the TypeConverter base class. |
The following code example converts a variable of type Enum to a string, and vice versa. The example requires that you have declared an Enum called Servers and that it has the following members:
Windows=1, Exchange=2, BizTalk=3
Dim myServer As Servers = Servers.Exchange Dim myServerString As string = "BizTalk" Console.WriteLine(TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(myServer).ConvertTo(myServer, GetType(String))) Console.WriteLine(TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(myServer).ConvertFrom(myServerString))
Enum myServer = Servers.Exchange;
String myServerString = "BizTalk";
Console.WriteLine(TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(myServer).
ConvertTo(myServer, String.class.ToType()));
Console.WriteLine(TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(myServer).
ConvertFrom(myServerString));
System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
System.ComponentModel.EnumConverter
System.Drawing.FontConverter.FontUnitConverter
Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.
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