| June 2007 Newsletter |
| Contents
RadControls for Silverlight (1.0) CTP is Live - Sign up for Download
Telerik Releases RadEditor for SharePoint 2007 (MOSS)
Special Offer for Customers with Active RadControls for ASP.NET Subscriptions
Telerik at TechEd 2007
SD Times 100 Recognizes Telerik as Top Component Vendor
Download Telerik Webcast - DIY Forums
Telerik Support Survey
Telerik Reporting Challenge
Highlight of the Month - Telerik Presentation Framework
Latest Resources - Telerik Reporting Demos
Tips & Tricks
| ## RadControls for Silverlight (1.0) CTP is Live - Sign up for Download
| We are happy to announce the official RadControls for Silverlight (1.0) CTP. Get access to the download bundle by signing up today! RadControls for Silverlight (1.0) CTP includes five components, namely RadMedia, RadButton, RadCube, RadStrip Layout Panel, RadAnimation Extender, and RadMedia Player. Developers will now be able to use Telerik Silverlight controls in their own projects and get acquainted with the notion of control-based development originally missing in the Silverlight framework. RadControls for Silverlight require no JavaScript and XAML coding. The newest addition to the suite, RadMediaPlayer, is a fully functional media player designed to provide the most convenient and flexible way for accessing multimedia content. Since it is based on the Silverlight Framework, RadMediaPlayer supports VC-1 and WMV video, along with MP3 and WMA audio. The media control supports the ability to progressively download and play media content from any web-server. You can point at any URL containing video/audio media content, and RadMediaPlayer will download it for you. No special server software is required. In addition, RadMediaPlayer allows you to specify a playlist and provide the application with more than one multimedia element, time markers and loading images. Changing themes in RadMediaPlayer cannot be easier. Along with the in-built themes that RadMediaPlayer supports, you can adorn the player with their own custom theme, built with Microsoft Expression Blend. Sign up for the RadControls for Silverlight (1.0) CTP and you will receive an email with download instructions today. We are looking forward to hearing your feedback! Back to top
## Telerik Releases RadEditor for SharePoint 2007 (MOSS)
| Another product we are excited to roll out is the release of the Full-Featured RadEditor for SharePoint 2007 (MOSS). RadEditor is a rich cross-browser alternative to the default editor in MOSS and WSS v3 in all supported scenarios (Web Content Management, Web Part and List Items). The Premium RadEditor control for MOSS is based on the full-featured RadEditor version and provides a great level of customization and user experience. This new provider helps you take advantage of several key features unavailable in the free version of RadEditor for SharePoint 2007 (Lite Edition). More specifically: • In-line AJAX Spellchecker • Find and Replace function • 7 Ways for pasting from Word • AJAX-based Document Dialog • Dockable and Floating Toolbars • A Wide range of Toolbar Modes • System Modules for Advanced Users • Full-Screen Mode and Zooming • Unlimited Level of Undo/Redo with Action Trails In order to use the provider for SharePoint 2007 you need a valid license for RadEditor for ASP.NET. The licensing of the ASP.NET RadEditor is developer-based and you can purchase a copy for $349 (per developer seat). With the Developer License you would be able to use RadEditor in all your web applications - both standard ASP.NET projects and solutions based on SharePoint 2007. For more details about the rights of the developer license, please review our Sales FAQ. To download the trial version of the provider, please go to your Client.Net accounts: My Licenses -> Trials -> Individual Products -> RadEditor -> Downloads -> 'Full-Featured RadEditor for MOSS' Further details are available at: telerik.com/products/sharepoint/editor-for-asp.net.aspx Back to top
## Special Offer for Customers with Active RadControls for ASP.NET Subscriptions
| In an attempt to 'deliver more than expected' and live up to our credo, we partnered with PeterBlum.com to provide free license for Peter Blum's validation controls to Telerik RadControls for ASP.NET Subscribers. VAM: Essential Validators is a replacement to Microsoft's validators. To learn how the validation can be dramatically improved, please visit: www.peterblum.com/vam/valmain.aspx This special offer gives you a free Site License, which covers all production and non-production servers managed by your location only. Because the PeterBlum.com license model differs from the Telerik license model, we want to clearly define the differences - Telerik's licenses are per developer whereas PeterBlum.com's licenses are per production server. Telerik has a subscription model with updates offered over the term of the subscription. PeterBlum.com does not have a subscription. For more on this, please see this FAQ: www.peterblum.com/TelerikOffer1.aspx All customers with a valid RadControls Subscription are welcome to sign up for a free license for VAM: Essential Validators using the link below. The offer will be available until July 31st. www.telerik.com/client.net/peter-blum-promotion.aspx Back to top
## Telerik at TechEd 2007
| TechEd 2007 has been a big success for Telerik - with over 2000 people visiting Telerik's booth, the team was flooded with conference attendees seeking technical information and presentation demos about the company. We helped introduce a large developer audience to our newest products - RadControls for WinForms, RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX and Telerik Reporting. For the event, Telerik team prepared several new product demonstrations. Most applause stole the WinForms online kiosk demo, but people were equally impressed by the features highlighted in the comprehensive WinForms Quick Start Framework. Todd Anglin, Telerik's Technology Evangelist, had the opportunity to present at a Component Round-up lunch presentation hosted by Microsoft on the last day of the conference. He demonstrated our RadAjaxManager for ASP.NET AJAX and previewed the new RadScheduler. The presentation went very well and we had immediate interest in our RadAjax products with many follow-up visits to our booth. We were thrilled to greet all Telerik fans who stopped by our booth. It is always great to meet you guys and feel your enthusiasm. A big "Thank you" for your willingness to be honest about your experience with RadControls suites and product expectations from Telerik for the future releases! See you all again next year! Back to top
## SD Times 100 Recognizes Telerik as Top Component Vendor
| We are excited to announce that Telerik has been recognized as Components category finalist in SD Times 100 for 2007. As many of you know, the 5th Annual SD Times 100 for 2007 is a listing of companies, organizations and individuals that most broadly set the agenda for software development managers, developers, and the industry through leadership and innovation during the past year. SD Times 100 award citation for Telerik reads: "Do it fast, do it right, with reusable assets for rapid UI development. Telerik's tools keep evolving to handle new platforms, new apps, and even new shapes." David Rubinstein, Editor-in-Chief of SD Times said: "We took into account Telerik's products and services, its reputation among development managers, and the new ideas it brought out. Such individuals and organizations are the ones we have identified as helping to move the art of development forward." Back to top
## Download Telerik Webcast - DIY Forums
| Most of you have probably built an application that needs a Forums module. So why not build your own custom forums solution? In under 60 minutes. Impossible? Not at all thanks to Telerik's powerful ASP.NET RadGrid, RadTreeView, RadEditor and RadAjax controls. In this Webcast, Todd Anglin, Telerik's Chief Technical Evangelist, prepares a simple SQL Express database and data access layer that will be used to work with forum data. Then he uses the RadGrid and RadTreeView controls and quickly builds the forum's UI. RadEditor, Telerik's award winning HTML editor for the web, is also used to enter new posts in the forum. On top of it all, the forums application is Ajax-ified using RadAjax and ASP.NET AJAX to make the application quick and responsive. Download the practical demonstration now! Back to top
## Telerik Support Survey
| Share your feedback on the Telerik's support services. We constantly strive for improvement and we would like to make sure you are satisfied with what we offer you. We will also appreciate any suggestions you may have on how to improve Telerik Support. As a small token of your participation, we will add 2,000 Telerik points (worth $20) to your Client.net account after the survey is over (July 8th). Please, allow up to 10 business days for reviewing all results and adding the points to all participants' accounts. Thank you! Take the Survey Back to top
## Telerik Reporting Challenge
| Our new challenge is waiting for you! We encourage you to take a tour with our new Reporting tool and get acquainted with the Art of Easibility. Discover the effortless Win, Web and PDF reports generation, with a quick drag-and-drop databinding and fine-grained visual customization of all reporting controls. All you need to participate is: 1. Download Telerik Reporting 2. Explore the software 3. Answer 11 easy questions You have the chance to win a 19" NEC LCD monitor. For 7 or more correct answers you will receive a complimentary Telerik Reporting Developer License (value $399). Join the Contest now Back to top
## Highlight of the Month - Telerik Presentation Framework
| The Telerik Presentation Framework (TPF), the underlying engine of all controls in the RadControls for WinForms suite, provides a completely customizable architecture for the controls, following WPF-inspired best practices. The Framework and the accompanying tools supply attractive and functional defaults for the Telerik RadControls, while simultaneously allowing the developer to exercise very fine-grained, CSS-like control over every aspect of their appearance and behavior. The TPF defines a wide variety of useful abstractions and services that provide functionality to all Telerik RadControls. The Framework is also carefully crafted for high performance by minimizing the amount of repainting and layout rearrangement necessary when constructing complex nested controls to the screen. What are the benefits of TPF? • Universality - All controls have access to TPF services such as theming, animation, and property binding • Simplicity - No matter how complex a control may be, it is built up from a few simple types of elements to allow easy customization on a very granular level • Less memory - All items in a control's element tree inherit common property values from their parent elements unless these values are set locally. Thus, each element uses less memory while still providing fine-grained customization options • Unlimited nesting of UI elements - The uniform nature of the control architecture makes it possible to nest controls within each other for more flexible and modern user interfaces • Superior performance - the Framework is carefully crafted for high performance by minimizing the amount of repainting and layout rearrangement that needs to be done when constructing complex nested controls to the screen • Easy development - TPF comes with several tools to aid you in your development. The Control Spy is a tool to let you examine the detailed internal structure of any Telerik RadControl at run-time. With the help of the Visual Shape Designer you can create curved free-form designs for your UI elements on an integrated drawing surface. The innovative and standalone Visual Style Builder gives designers and developers a flexible way to build themes for completely codeless customization of control appearance and behavior. • Custom controls - You can build your own custom controls on top of TPF. As a result, the provided TPF tools such as the Control Spy and the Visual Style Builder will work flawlessly with it for full control over your application. Back to top
## Latest Resources - Telerik Reporting Demos
| Check out the new Telerik Reporting online demos! Some of the demos you should not miss are the Event model report, Master Detail reports and the rich Chart report. www.telerik.com/demos/reporting/ Back to top
## Tips and Tricks
| RadControls for ASP.NET How to configure Ajax-enabled RadMenu as context menu in RadGrid www.telerik.com/support/kb/article/ b454K-kgt-b454T-ceh-b454c-ceh.aspx RadControls for WinForms How to create and manage docking windows dynamically www.telerik.com/support/kb/article/ b454K-mcd-b454T-a-b454c-a.aspx Telerik Reporting How to display data with alternating-style rows www.telerik.com/support/kb/article/ b454K-mbh-b454T-a-b454c-a.aspx Back to top

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