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Get description from Public Enum byka15-Jan-13 9:21 byka 15-Jan-13 9:21  I do I get description from Public Enum? Public Enum API ''' ''' Using Google API ''' <description("google api")=""> Google ''' ''' Using Yahoo API ''' <description("yahoo api")=""> Yahoo End Enum API.Yahoo.Description not working Re: Get description from Public Enum Jibesh15-Jan-13 9:29 Jibesh 15-Jan-13 9:29  what programming language your are using and how you are trying to access the description? Jibesh V P Re: Get description from Public Enum Bernhard Hiller15-Jan-13 20:34 Bernhard Hiller 15-Jan-13 20:34  You need Reflection. With that, you can retrieve the DescriptionAttribute. Look at some articles on Enum Description Converters, e.g. Description Enum TypeConverter[^]. Re: Get description from Public Enum Eddy Vluggen16-Jan-13 2:37 Eddy Vluggen 16-Jan-13 2:37  Those are XML-comments, and comments aren't compiled into the code. You could use a DescriptionAttribute as already mentioned, or you'd manually parse the generated XML. Bastard Programmer from Hell If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] They hate us for our freedom![^]

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