What you could do is inherit from Generic.List (type safe) and then add a
ConvertToStringArray method and do the work of converting it to an array of
string arrays..

Just a thought

S

Shapper

this is much easier
Class enumsExample
 
 Public Shared Sub Main()    
   For Each value As String In [Enum].GetNames(GetType(Category))
   'just show the value in the console window for now    
     Console.WriteLine(value)
   Next value
 End Sub
End Class

and if you want to place it in an array you create the array before hand and
stuff each 'value' into the right cubby-hole in the array, or even adding it
to a ArrayList and use ToArray on that...

There is a also a GetValues for getting at the underlying Integer values
Shared method of the [Enum] class (has to be in square brackets in VB as it's
a reserved word as well as a class name)
I hope this helps
Cheers
CharlesA