Dropdown List from Enum (webforms)

EnumDropDown.cs

  using System;
	using System.Collections.Generic;
	using System.ComponentModel;
	using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

	public static class Helpers
	{
		public static IEnumerable<ListItem> EnumDropDown<T>()
		{
			foreach (var name in Enum.GetNames(typeof(T)))
			{
				var enumType = (T)Enum.Parse(typeof(T), name);

				var field = enumType.GetType().GetField(enumType.ToString());
				var attributes = (DescriptionAttribute[])field.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false);

				var itemText = attributes.Length > 0 ? attributes[0].Description : enumType.ToString();

				yield return new ListItem(itemText, name);
			}
		}
	}