We are very pleased to announce the availability of our new “Futures” build of RadControls “Prometheus”. This new build includes our latest developments on all controls in the suite. We are dedicated to involve the community with our progress and hear your feedback on the new features and improvements we have been working on.
The new “Futures” build introduces a preview of several key additions to the “Prometheus” suite – RadGrid, RadMenu, RadCombobox and RadUpload. These controls now take full advantage of ASP.NET AJAX framework and have significantly improved client-side behavior. Performance and HTML output has also been improved across all new Prometheus products. The “Futures” also bring latest enhancements in the rest of the Prometheus controls. Please note that this is a work-in-progress and some of the features are still in development and QA.
The “Futures Build” (Telerik.Web.UI_2007_3_1205) is now available for download in your Client.Net accounts. Please see attached screenshot.
ONLINE DEMOS
RadGrid
- Significant performance optimizations
Optimized data-binding logic
Improved client-side behavior
Full compliance with the MS AJAX conventions
Features that are not yet 100% functional but will be fully implemented in the coming weeks:
- Native Export to Excel with option to customize the exported document appearance prior to the export action
Built-in columns with RadDatePicker, RadInput and RadComboBox editors
Virtual scrolling/paging
Client group load mode
Client side delete
showItem/hideItem/exportToExcel/ExportToWord client-side methods for GridTableView
RadMenu
- New client-side API for adding/deleting/updating of items at the client-side and persisting the changes at the server
Populating the menu through a WebService
Improved performance with large number of items
New context menu control with clean and flexible API
Full compliance with the MS AJAX conventions
RadCombobox
- New client-side API for adding/deleting/updating of items at the client-side and persisting the changes at the server
Populating the combobox through a WebService (new properties - ServicePath, ServiceMethod)
Improved Html rendering (The RadCombobox' input is now rendered as a table. Therefore, FixUp is not needed to fix any width/height glitches upon rendering. The RadCombobox' dropdown is now rendered as "ul" and "li" elements. This allows the drop-down to resize to accommodate the longest item. There is no need to set DropDownWidth)
Full compliance with the MS AJAX conventions
ContentFile is no longer used. LoadContentFile method is used instead.
ExternalCallBackPage is no longer used.
RadComboBox.IsCallback has been removed. Page.IsCallBack should be used instead
Load On Demand is now based on MS Ajax (ICallbackEventHandler interface)
GetXmlString is now GetXml (inherited from ControlItemContainer class)
LoadXmlString is now LoadXml (inherited from ControlItemContainer class)
RadUpload
- New optimized HTML rendering
InputSize property to control the width of the file input elements
Full compliance with the MS AJAX conventions
RadEditor (updates)
- RadEditor will now no longer execute scripts in the content
Support for @import rules in the editor content area stylesheets.
AutoResizeHeight property - When set to true the editor's height will grow or shrink with the content
Improved the XHTML output in Firefox
Fixed a problem with Firefox and full HTML page content
Improved "Unlink" command behavior in FireFox and other non-IE browsers
Fixed a problem when the editor class is inherited
New lines are no longer counted in the Statistics module
Fixed an Opera issue - inserting nested anchors
Fixed several resize problems in RadEditor Prometheus in IE and Firefox
Fixed a Safari selection issue - clicking the toolbar removes the current selection
Fixed a problem where the editor becomes uneditable in Mozilla when made visible on the client, or when moved in the DOM
RadChart (updates)
- New skinning mechanism implemented - now it is possible to override skin settings
StyleTextBlock.RotationAngle is marked Obsolete, use Telerik.Charting.Styles.StyleLabel.RotationAngle instead
Added DataXColumn support for Bar series when databinding.
Both lines' ends now have caps. Introduced StartCap and EndCap properties. Cap property is now obsolete and redirects to EndCap
StyleLineSeries.Visible is now obsolete, ChartSeries.Visible should be used instead
TextProperties.Direction is marked obsolete, use ChartLabel.RotationAngle instead
RadWindow (updates)
- When a window is closed, the previously active window now regains automatically active status.
Fixed IE 6 crash when having 2 modal windows open one from another
Fixed a problem with RadPrompt - sometimes it returned old values when used more than once.
Fixed a problem with RadWindow radalert, radoprompt and radconfirm template locations
Fixed a problem with Animation + RadWindow with VisibleStatusbar = false
Your feedback will be highly appreciated – please do not hesitate to share any suggestions or comments you might have.
Best Regards,
Telerik Team