Beginning .Net , C# Tips : Fill or Populate dropdownlist from Enum

There are a situations where you want to fill or populate dropdownlist of listbox using Enum.
Here are sample example for this.

C# Example :

public enum ProgrammingLanguage
{
    CSharp,
    VB,
    JAVA
}
foreach (ProgrammingLanguage enmLnaguage  in Enum.GetValues(typeof(ProgrammingLanguage)))
{
     cboProgrammingLanguage.Items.Add(new ListItem(enmLnaguage.ToString(), Convert.ToInt32( enmLnaguage).ToString()));
}

VB.net Example :

Public Enum ProgrammingLanguage
   CSharp
   VB
   JAVA
End Enum 
For Each enmLnaguage As ProgrammingLanguage In [Enum].GetValues(GetType(ProgrammingLanguage))
   cboProgrammingLanguage.Items.Add(New ListItem(enmLnaguage.ToString(), enmLnaguage))
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