selected enum value from combo list to enum property

Question

On form load I load enum into combobox

private void Form2_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    List<VATMode> vatModes = Enum.GetValues(typeof(VATMode)).
         Cast<VATMode>().ToList();           
    cmbVatMode.DataSource = vatModes;
}

Now I want do assign value from cmbVatMode (drop down list) to my enum property MyCustomVatMode

I tried with MyCustomVatMode = cmbVatMode.SelectedValue; but it doesnt work.

I prefer to use Enum.TryParse which returns boolean if the input value is parseable, or not. — SpaceBison, Jun 06 '13 at 07:43
possible duplicate http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29482/cast-int-to-enum-in-c-sharp — sarwar026, Jun 06 '13 at 07:43
possible duplicate of [Custom define enum names for combobox](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16767939/custom-define-enum-names-for-combobox) — Oliver, Jun 06 '13 at 07:49
@Oliver that's not a related question, though this must be asked several times before. — nawfal, Jun 08 '13 at 22:57

Ilya Ivanov · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-06T08:17:27.760

If you set DataSource to a list of VATMode, SelectedValue will return a reference of type object. that can be successfully casted to your enum. Next code demonstrates this.

VATMode MyCustomVatMode = (VATMode)cmbVatMode.SelectedValue;

For example next code will print to console enum every time you will change a combobox:

cmbVatMode.SelectedValueChanged += (s, a) => 
{
    VATMode selected = (VATMode)cmbVatMode.SelectedValue;
    Console.WriteLine(selected);
};

selected enum value from combo list to enum property

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