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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.
Version 2
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* Changed
   public class EnumTypeConverter : TypeConverter
  to
   public class EnumTypeConverter : EnumConverter

* Fixed support for Flags enumerations

* Added TypeDescriptor for enumerations which adds support for enumerations without
  the TypeConverter/FieldDisplayName attribute

* Added support for resource managers and different languages


Version 1
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First Release

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