1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/ExtensionMethods.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/ExtensionMethods.cs
index d5475ce7b..be0912220 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/ExtensionMethods.cs
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/ExtensionMethods.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Tango.PMR.Common;
+using Tango.PMR.DataStore;
 using Tango.PMR.Integration;
 
 /// <summary>
@@ -33,6 +34,19 @@ public static class ExtensionMethods
             return value.ToString();
     }
 
+    public static String ToOriginalName(this DataStoreMessageType value)
+    {
+        FieldInfo fi = value.GetType().GetField(value.ToString());
+
+        OriginalNameAttribute[] attributes = (OriginalNameAttribute[])fi.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(OriginalNameAttribute), false);
+
+        if (attributes != null &&
+            attributes.Length > 0)
+            return attributes[0].Name;
+        else
+            return value.ToString();
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the message parser.
     /// </summary>