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CAB Support
CAB Overview
The Composite UI Application Block is designed to help in building complex, enterprise-ready Windows Forms solutions. It provides a proven architecture and implementation, based on common patterns found in line-of-business front-end applications. It is distributed as a set of guidelines and code samples to help enterprise developers build smart-client user interfaces on .Net 2.0 Framework using Visual Studio 2005. More on CAB can be found on Composite UI Application Block community site.
Telerik Commitment
As part of WinForms UI component development, Telerik is strongly committed to providing seamless and easy integration with the CAB infrastructure for developers. In fact Telerik is one of the first vendors to provide support for the CAB and the SCSF.
The Telerik CAB Enabling Kit for WinForms
The Telerik CAB Enabling Kit for WinForms is included in the RadControls for WinForms suite. It provides seamless integration with CAB and its underlying infrastructure. It is well suited for enterprise applications, and it helps developers to use best practices and patterns.
The Telerik CAB Enabling Kit for WinForms can be used to develop smart-client line-of-business applications such as OLTP (online transaction processing) front ends for data entry applications; rich client portals to back-end services like government or bank teller applications; UI-intensive stand-alone applications such as those used by call center staff, IT support desks or stock traders.
Advantages of the Telerik RadControls for WinForms suite
- Enterprise-grade components - RadControls for Windows Forms is a complete suite allowing development of enterprise-class, smart client applications, and featuring more than 30 components, including GridView, TreeView, Calendar, Chart, ComboBox, etc.
- Rich Visual Styling - RadControls for Windows Forms provide WPF-like visual appearance, XML based themes, animations and effects. The most advanced visual styling on the market.
- Seamless integration - Easily develop smart client applications with a top package like RadControls for Windows Forms, the Composite UI Application Block framework and Visual Studio 2005.
The Telerik CAB Enabling Kit features
- Workspaces
- RadDockableWorkspace
- RadTabWorkspace
- UIElementAdapters
- RadMenuUIAdapter
- RadMenuItemsCollectionUIAdapter
- RadToolStripElementAdapter
- RadToolStripItemAdapter
- RadTreeViewUIAdapter
- RadTreeNodeUIAdapter
- CommandAdapters
- RadMenuItemCommandAdapter
- RadTreeNodeCommandAdapter
- CAB Application Classes
- RadWindowsFormsApplication
- RadFormShellApplication
- RadApplicationContextApplication
- Supported Telerik components
- RadGridView
- RadTreeView
- RadDock
- RadMenu
- RadPanelBar
- RadTabStrip
- RadToolStrip
Requirements
- Visual Studio 2005
- .NET Framework 2.0
- Microsoft Composite UI Application Block Framework
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