C# can I access an enum without full qualified names

Question

I have a C# enum type that ends up with very long qualified names. e.g.

DataSet1.ContactLogTypeValues.ReminderToFollowupOverdueInvoice.

For readability, it would be nice if I could tell a particular function to just use the last portion of the name, something like...

{
    using DataSet1.ContactLogTypeValues;
    ...
    logtype = ReminderToFollowupOverdueInvoice;
    ...
}

Is it possible to do anything like this in C#?

Answer 1

Since C# 6, you can use using static:

using static DataSet1.ContactLogTypeValues;
...
logtype = ReminderToFollowupOverdueInvoice;
...

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/using-static for more details.

Answer 2

You can use using directive to specify an alias. It will exist everywhere in the file, not in one particular method though.