Following is one way of enumerating the Picklist items to find match on Picklist.Name public property.

The picklist values are in the retrievedAttributeMetadata.Options collection. To do this we will need to get the attribute metadata from the meta dataservice. This is a four step process.


STEP 1: Authenticate
STEP 2: Connect to CRM webservice
STEP 3: Retrieve
STEP 4: Iterate

Some time ago... while life was trying to teach some lessons, I came up with following random 'lessons-learned' rants:

..:: Dil hi to hai ::..

koi na raha, sab hi gaye lekin ye dil to hai
vo raatein vo shamein na rahin... lekin ye dil to hai

rah-e-safer mein hamsafer jo banay.. koi ruk gaya.. koi roag gaye
vo hamsafer vo saathi na rahay... lekin ye dil to hai