Roadmap

In the last three quarters since the official release of the ASP.NET AJAX suite the focus was on optimizing the performance, adding new products and completing the feature set. Currently the AJAX product line features a consistent client and server-side API based on the ASP.NET AJAX conventions, as well as a solid client-side framework foundation. We have delivered much more consistent and slick look for our controls, which resulted in refreshing all Telerik skins and applying uniform skinning approach across all 20+ skinnable controls.

With Q2 2009 (expected at the beginning of July), we will be delivering more than a complete offering. The industry leading AJAX suite will grow not only in terms of new controls and enhancements, but with tools that will further speed your development process.

Visual Style Builder

The Visual Style Builder is a fully functional appearance customization tool that aims to make skinning the Telerik components a breeze through a visual interface without the need to know the front-end structure of the components. It gives you complete control over the elements of the RadControls’ skin and allows you to create your own custom skin according to your needs.

Visual Studio Extensions Package

The first version of the Visual Studio Extension package was introduced with the Q1 2009 release. The extensions package comes in help when you setup new Telerik project, convert existing project to Telerik projects, upgrade automatically to the latest RadControls version and use VS templates that cover common application scenarios with RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX.

With Q2 2009 the Visal Studio Extensions will be included in the RadControls installation and will provide many more ready-to-use page templates eliminating your work from scratch.

New Controls

• WebServicePanel – a panel control that can be updated with WebServices or ASP.NET CallBack requests on the client. This panel allows you to easily create ASP.NET 2.0 responsive applications with minimum HTML footprint. Any content in the WebService panel will be updated quickly without the need of FULL page lifecycle or Viewstate.
• ListBox – the Listbox control displays a list of items from which the user can select one or more; reorder items or transfer items from one ListBox to another.
• Captcha - A control which allows you to add distorted images of letters and numbers used to you websites and prevent automated bot usage or spam.
  

RadGrid

• Optimize NestedView Rendering
• New Image Column
• Improve selections
• Keyboard support improvements

Scheduler

• New popup advanced form

All other controls will also receive minor improvements and optimizations.