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(Another snippet I originally posted to CodeKeep.)

public enum EFileType
{
    Unknown = –1,
    Test,
    Production
}

...

var fileType = EFileType.Production;
var str = Enum.GetName(typeof(EFileType),fileType); // str == 'Production'

I found this today. I need to convert an enumeration into a string list to populate a combobox. I had been looking at converters to do the heavy lifting, but realized that I should do the work in the ViewModel. That simplifies the XAML a bit. While I was typing out code to read the enum values from the settings file Resharper showed me a choice… I could use my custom converter or use the one in the Component Model. Well, I’d rather use the framework solution over a custom solution any day. If nothing else it’s less to test.

Here’s an example from MSDN:

  using System.ComponentModel;

  var myServer= Servers.Exchange;
  string myServerString = "BizTalk";
  Console.WriteLine(TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(myServer).ConvertTo(myServer, typeof(string)));
  Console.WriteLine(TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(myServer).ConvertFrom(myServerString));

Enjoy,

References:

MSDN EnumConverter Class
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.componentmodel.enumconverter.aspx