<Type>Article</Type>

-<States>
       -<State>
             <Id>1</Id>
             <Name>Personal</Name>
             <Type>Article</Type>
        </State>
        ....
   </States>

string stateID = null;

 myWebServer.State oneoftheStates = null;

      for (int i = 0; i < objInfo.States.Length; i++)
      {
          oneoftheStates = objInfo.States[i];
            if (oneoftheStates.Type == "Article") //This is the problem!!!
            {
               statusID = oneoftheStates.Id;


                break; // found it!

            }
        }

<complexType name="State">
   <all>
      <element name="Id" type="xsd:string"/>
      <element name="Name" type="xsd:string" nillable="true"/>
      <element name="Type" type="tns:ObjectType" nillable="true"/>
      <element name="Produce" type="xsd:boolean" nillable="true"/><!-- If true for layouts, output will be send if set in featurelist -->
      <element name="Color" type="tns:Color" nillable="true"/>
      <element name="DefaultRouteTo" type="xsd:string" nillable="true"/><!-- default route to for this status, returned by server, no need to send as client -->
    </all>
  </complexType>

string stateId = null;

        var states = new string[] { "bla", "bla2", "bla3" };

        for (int i = 0; i < states.Length; i++)
        {
            var stateType = states[i]; // get property by doing .Type;
            if (stateType == "Article")
            {
                stateId = states[i]; // get the Id by doing .Id;
                break;
            }
        }

if (oneoftheStates.Type == myWebServer.ObjectType.Article)
                {
                    statusID = oneoftheStates.Id;
                    break;
                }

public enum ObjectType {

/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlEnumAttribute("")]
Item,

/// <remarks/>
Article,

/// <remarks/>
ArticleTemplate,

/// <remarks/>
Layout,

/// <remarks/>
LayoutTemplate,

/// <remarks/>
Image,

/// <remarks/>
Advert,

/// <remarks/>
AdvertTemplate,

/// <remarks/>
Plan,

/// <remarks/>
Audio,

/// <remarks/>
Video,

/// <remarks/>
Library,

/// <remarks/>
Dossier,

/// <remarks/>
DossierTemplate,

/// <remarks/>
LayoutModule,

/// <remarks/>
LayoutModuleTemplate,

/// <remarks/>
Task,

/// <remarks/>
Hyperlink,

/// <remarks/>
Presentation,

/// <remarks/>
Archive,

/// <remarks/>
Other,