TIP: Descriptions for enum values

You could also make an extension method...

public static class EnumExtensions
{
    public static string Description(this Enum e)
    {
        return e.GetType().GetField(e.ToString()).GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false) as DescriptionAttribute[])[0].Description;
    }
}

Then the code to use is as simple as:

public enum SampleEnum
{
    [Description("Value 1")]
    One,
    [Description("Value 2")]
    Two,
    [Description("Value 3")]
    Three
}

SampleEnum val = SampleEnum.One;

string desc = val.Description();