Enum description from Description attribute

        public RadForm1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            this.radDataEntry1.EditorInitialized += radDataEntry1_EditorInitialized;
            Item item = new Item(123,"Test", ObjectType.TextXaml);
            this.radDataEntry1.DataSource = item;
        }

        private void radDataEntry1_EditorInitialized(object sender, EditorInitializedEventArgs e)
        {
            RadDropDownList ddl = e.Editor as RadDropDownList;
            if (ddl != null)
            {
                ddl.VisualListItemFormatting -= ddl_VisualListItemFormatting;
                ddl.VisualListItemFormatting += ddl_VisualListItemFormatting;
            }
        }

        private void ddl_VisualListItemFormatting(object sender, VisualItemFormattingEventArgs args)
        {
            if (args.VisualItem.Data.Tag == null)
            {
                args.VisualItem.Data.Tag = GetDescription((ObjectType)args.VisualItem.Data.Value);
            }
            args.VisualItem.Text = args.VisualItem.Data.Tag.ToString();
        }

        public class Item
        {
            public int Id { get; set; }

            public string Name { get; set; }

            public ObjectType Type { get; set; }

            public Item(int id, string name, ObjectType type)
            {
                this.Id = id;
                this.Name = name;
                this.Type = type;
            }
        }

        public enum ObjectType
        {
            [Description("Textual information in the Html format")]
            TextHtml,
            [Description("Textual information in the Xaml format")]
            TextXaml,
            [Description("Binary Data")]
            Binary
        }

        public static string GetDescription (ObjectType objValue) 
        {

            Type type = objValue.GetType();
                Array values = System.Enum.GetValues(type);

                foreach (int val in values)
                {
                    if (val == (int)objValue )
                    {
                        var memInfo = type.GetMember(type.GetEnumName(val));
                        var descriptionAttribute = memInfo[0]
                                                             .GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false)
                                                             .FirstOrDefault() as DescriptionAttribute;

                        if (descriptionAttribute != null)
                        {
                            return descriptionAttribute.Description;
                        }
                    }
                }
             

            return null; // could also return string.Empty 
        }