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Reputation: 11861

Enum.Parse Cannot implicitly convert type 'object' to An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)

I am using ASP.NET MVC 5 Entity Framework. In my View I have a dropdown menu and what I am trying to do is use an enum to populate dropdown menus. This is what I've got in my class:

    public enum occupancyTimelineTypes : int
    {
        TwelveMonths = 12,
        FourteenMonths = 14,
        SixteenMonths = 16,
        EighteenMonths = 18
    }

and this:

        [DisplayName("Occupancy Timeline")]
        [Required]
        public string occupancyTimeline { get; set; }

        public occupancyTimelineTypes occupancyTimelineType
        {
            get
            {
                return Enum.Parse(typeof(occupancyTimelineTypes), occupancyTimeline);
            }
        }

My problem is, I am getting an error I have no idea how to fix:

Cannot implicitly convert type 'object' to An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)

I am populating my dropdown menu like so:

@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.occupancyTimeline,Model.occupancyTimelineType.ToSelectList());

and here is my ToSelectList() Method

    public static class MyExtensions
    {
        public static SelectList ToSelectList(this occupancyTimelineTypes enumObj)
        {
            var values = from occupancyTimeline e in Enum.GetValues(typeof(occupancyTimeline))
                         select new { Id = e, Name = string.Format("{0} Months", Convert.ToInt32(e)) };
            return new SelectList(values, "Id", "Name", enumObj);
        }
    }

I CANNOT AND WILL NOT USE Html.EnumDropDownListFor() as too many errors appear and its a nightmare to put in place and fix these errors.

This has to be @Html.DropDownListFor

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4406

Answers (1)

Chris
Chris

Reputation: 27609

Enum.Parse returns object (it is not generic) so you need to explicitly cast your return value. Use:

return (occupancyTimelineTypes)Enum.Parse(typeof(occupancyTimelineTypes), occupancyTimeline);

Upvotes: 9

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