Adding enum to combobox

Question

Hi may i know how to get the enum value below to bind into the combobox? I wrote the below code which works well but wonder is this the best way.

public enum CourseStudentStatus
{
  Active = 1,
  Completed = 2,
  TempStopped = 3,
  Stopped = 4,
}

//Bind Course Status
Dictionary<string, int> list = new Dictionary<string, int>();
foreach (int enumValue in Enum.GetValues(typeof(CourseStudentStatus)))
  list.Add(Enum.GetName(typeof(CourseStudentStatus), enumValue), enumValue);
var column = ((DataGridViewComboBoxColumn)dgv.Columns["studentCourseStatus"]);
column.DataPropertyName = "StudentStatus";              
column.DisplayMember = "Key";
column.ValueMember = "Value";
column.DataSource= list.ToList();

----------------- UPDATE -------------------
Hi i have changed my code to this according to Sanjeevakumar Hiremat and it works perfectly.

cbStatus.DataSource = Enum.GetValues(typeof(CourseStudentStatus));

However, when i want to a Get() and want to bind the value back to the cbStatus, it cast error {"Object reference not set to an instance of an object."}
cbStatus.SelectedValue = Course.Status;.

The cbStatus.Datasource is not empty and it has value after bound to cbStatus.DataSource = Enum.GetValues(typeof(CourseStudentStatus));

please advice.

Answer 1

Following should be the simplest way to bind it.

column.DataSource = Enum.GetValues(typeof(CourseStudentStatus));

To get the selected value you need to cast it to the enum type.

CourseStudentStatus selectedValue = (CourseStudentStatus)column.SelectedValue

Enum.GetValues returns an array of the enumType values which can then be bound to any control.

I've tested this on a standalone combobox, not in a combobox column in DataGridView, YMMV.