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DisplayNameAttribute for Enumerations

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An article about the creation of a DisplayNameAttribute for fields of enumerations in .NET which value will be display in a PropertyGrid.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace FieldDisplayNameAttribute
{
   public class SampleClass
   {
      [Category("Basic Data")]
      public string Servername
      {
         get;
         set;
      }

      [Category("Self-defined enum - Type of the driver")]
      [Description("Select the driver type which should be used.")]
      public Driver Driver
      {
         get;
         set;
      }

      [Category("Self-defined enum - Type of the sql dialect")]
      [Description("Select the sql dialect which should be used.")]
      public Dialect Dialect
      {
         get;
         set;
      }

      [Category("Basic Data")]
      public string Username
      {
         get;
         set;
      }

      [Category("Basic Data")]
      [PasswordPropertyText(true)]
      public string Password
      {
         get;
         set;
      }

      [Category(".Net Framework Enum Types")]
      public System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle BorderStyle
      {
         get;
         set;
      }
   }
}

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