Snooping around in the Enum class gave me the solution:

MessageBox.Show(System.Enum.IsDefined(typeof(myEnum), paraEnum).ToString());

Einar
>I know I have read this somewhere but I can't seem to find that article at the moment.
>Considder the following example:
>

>private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
>{
>	myMethod(myEnum.two);
>	myMethod((myEnum)0xDD);
>}
>private void myMethod(myEnum paraEnum)
>{
>	MessageBox.Show(paraEnum.ToString());
>}
>public enum myEnum: byte
>{
>	one = 0x01,
>	two = 0x02,
>	ff = 0xff
>}
>

>
>I want to pass an enum as a parameter to a method, but the first thing I want to check for in the method is if it is a valid enum(i.e. an enum member).
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Einar