Defining Descriptive Text for Enumeration Members

<p> An <a is a special type in the .NET Framework that is comprised of a number of named constants. While you might not have created an enumeration type yourself, you have likely used enumerations many times in day-to-day programming. For example, the rows in a GridView have a <a property</a> that returns an enumeration of type <a that indicates the type: <code>Header</code>, <code>Footer</code>, <code>DataRow</code>, and so on. </p><p> When working with an enumeration we may need to display a descriptive message based on the value. For example, using <a system</a> you can programmatically create a new user account calling the <a <a method</a>. This method specifies the success or failure of the operation via the <a enumeration</a>. This enumeration has members like <code>Success</code>, <code>InvalidUserName</code>, <code>InvalidPassword</code>, <code>DuplicateUserName</code>, and the like. When calling this method from an ASP.NET page you might want to show the user a descriptive message based on this enumeration value. </p><p> This article explores three different ways to provide descriptive text for enumeration members. Read on to learn more! <br /><a More &gt;</a></p>

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