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EnumDescriptor.GetCaption(Object) Method

Returns the display caption associated with a specified value of the enumeration represented by the EnumDescriptor.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Utils

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.ExpressApp

#Declaration

public string GetCaption(
    object value
)

#Parameters

Name Type Description
value Object

An object representing the enumeration value whose corresponding display caption will be retrieved.

#Returns

Type Description
String

A string representing the display caption associated with the specified value of the enumeration represented by the EnumDescriptor.

#Remarks

The following code snippet illustrates use of the GetCaption method. The code retrieves images and display captions associated with MyEnum enumeration values.

//...
EnumDescriptor myDescriptor = new EnumDescriptor(typeof(MyEnum));
foreach(object enumValue in myDescriptor.Values) {
    string caption = myDescriptor.GetCaption(enumValue);
    var image = myDescriptor.GetImageInfo(enumValue).Image;
    //process caption and image
}
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