I want to bind the value and the name of the enum to the dropdownlist.  I've been looking around about how to do this, and found some examples, but it's not working for me for some reason:

public enum Salutations
{
    Mr = 1,
    Ms = 2, 
    Mrs = 3
}




string[] names = Enum.GetNames(typeof(Salutations));
Array values = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Salutations));
        
for(int i=0; inew ListItem(names[i], values[i].ToString());
     ddlSalutations1.Items.Add(item);
}

The problem is trying to access the value in values.  I can't do it for an Array.  How can I modify this?

Here are some methods I wrote to bind enum's to dropdownlists

        /// <summary>
        /// Pass in a DropDownList and typeof(YourEnum) as parameters to auto-bind a dropdownlist to an enum 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="ddl">ddlMyDropDownList</param>
        /// <param name="enumType">typeof(MyEnum)</param>
        /// <param name="retainSelected">true/false indicating if the currently selected item should remain selected</param>
        public static void BindEnum2DropDownList(DropDownList ddl, Type enumType, bool retainSelected)
        {
            // retain the currently selected item if possible
            string currentlySelectedValue = string.Empty;
            if(retainSelected)
                currentlySelectedValue = ddl.SelectedValue;

            ddl.DataSource = WilsToolbox.EnumHelper.GetListItemsFromEnum(enumType);
            ddl.DataBind();
            

            // in the event that there was a selected item, keep it.
            if (currentlySelectedValue != string.Empty && retainSelected == true)
            {
                ddl.ClearSelection();
                ddl.Items.FindByText(currentlySelectedValue).Selected = true;
            }
        }

        public static ListItemCollection GetListItemsFromEnum(Type enumType)
        {
            // container to be returned
            ListItemCollection items = new ListItemCollection();
            // break down the enumerator items into key/value pairs
            string[] names = Enum.GetNames(enumType);
            Array values = Enum.GetValues(enumType);
            // piece together the key/pairs into the listitem collection
            for (int i = 0; i <= names.Length - 1; i++)
            {
                items.Add(new ListItem(names[i], values.GetValue(i).ToString()));
            }
            // return it
            return items;
        }

Here's an example:

ASPX 

<%@ page language="C#" masterpagefile="~/MasterPages/Default.master" autoeventwireup="true"
	codefile="BindToEnum.aspx.cs" inherits="DropDownList_BindToEnum" title="DropDownList: Bind To Enum" %>

<asp:content id="Content1" contentplaceholderid="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="Server">
	<asp:dropdownlist id="DropDownList1" runat="server">
	</asp:dropdownlist>
</asp:content>

CODE-BEHIND 

using System;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

public partial class DropDownList_BindToEnum : System.Web.UI.Page
{
	private enum Salutations { Mr = 1, Ms = 2, Mrs = 3 };

	protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
		if (!this.IsPostBack)
		{
			string[] names = Enum.GetNames(typeof(Salutations));
			Array values = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Salutations));

			for (int i = 0; i <= names.Length - 1; i++)
			{
				DropDownList1.Items.Add(new ListItem(names[i], Convert.ToInt32(values.GetValue(i)).ToString()));
			}
		}
    }
}

 You can create a method to help you convert your enum into a hashtable and then bind it to the ddl:

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Hashtable ht = GetEnumForBind(typeof(Salutations));
        DropDownList1.DataSource = ht;
        DropDownList1.DataTextField = "value";
        DropDownList1.DataValueField = "key";

        DropDownList1.DataBind();
        
    }

    public Hashtable GetEnumForBind(Type enumeration)
    {
        string[] names = Enum.GetNames(enumeration);
        Array values = Enum.GetValues(enumeration);
        Hashtable ht = new Hashtable();
        for (int i = 0; i < names.Length; i++)
        {
            ht.Add(Convert.ToInt32(values.GetValue(i)).ToString(), names[i]);
        }
        return ht;
    }

That worked great, thank you. 

Damn you are good.  Thanks Alot.