Hi Tim

Here's a version in VB.Net....TransferType is the enum.

Public Shared Function GetTransferType(ByVal value As String) As TransferType
Dim theTransferType As TransferType

Try
theTransferType = CType(System.Enum.Parse(GetType(TransferType), value, True), TransferType)
Catch ex As Exception
theTransferType = TransferType.Unknown
End Try

Return theTransferType
End Function