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What's New
In this release we have focused mainly on RadGridView performance and better overall development experience. The new version of the suite adds a couple of new controls, two new applications (aimed towards showcasing the interoperability of Telerik RadControls), and minor innovative improvements to the theming mechanism of the Telerik Presentation Framework (TPF), which favorably impact performance, UI and usability. Read full release notes
New Controls
RadCarousel
The newest addition to the WinForms suite is a carousel navigation control that allows the user to navigate through an application in an interactive and innovative manner. Build on top of the Telerik Presentation Framework (TPF), RadCarousel supports smooth animations and transitions, dynamic addition and removal of items, and item reflection. Read more
RadForm
RadForm is the counterpart of the regular Windows Form, available in .NET. It offers effortless integration with the rest of Telerik’s form controls, such as RadRibbonBar, RadMenu, RadTitleBar, and RadStatusStrip. RadForm supports transparency for Microsoft Vista look and feel. Read more
New Features and Improvements
RadGridView Q1 2008 comes strong with a new major version. Reworked from the ground up, it offers a new level of performance and usability to fully suit various ever-demanding business applications. What's new:
- UI and painting improvements, based on the Telerik Presentation Framework (TPF)
- Performance improvements in the data layer
- Performance improvements in the data <-> UI communication
- Stability and simpler API
Performance results:
- Based on the “high refresh” performance test with 13 rows x 13 columns, the new data layer offers outstanding refresh performance with flat data: 2-3 ms (vs. 460ms in Q3 2007)
- Average time for loading 300,000 records of data: ~340 ms
- Average time for grouping 300,000 records of data: ~100 ms
RadMaskedEditBox gets a new Numeric MaskType which allows users to set culture-specific masks for inputting currency, decimal, and percent values.
RTL language support has been added to RadDateTimePicker, RadPanelBar and RadScrollBar. The full list of controls supporting RTL languages can be viewed here.
The Telerik CAB Enabling Kit has been extended to support RadGridView. It drops the beta tag and is now part of RadControls for WinForms. For more information visit CAB Support.
Themes
In Q1 2008 we have simplified the way themes are applied to Telerik controls. Themes appear as components in the Visual Studio toolbox and can be dropped on the form for easy and intuitive control skinning.
We have also added two new themes to the suite of common themes - Desert and Aqua.
Applications
HelpDesk Application
A new WinForms HelpDesk application is available with RadControls for WinForms Q1 2008. It is a sample application that demonstrates the interoperability among various Telerik controls in a real-world scenario. It simulates a contact management system, which is data-bound to a Microsoft SQL Server, to show how to build rich user interfaces with RadControls for WinForms.
CAB application
The Telerik CAB Enabling Kit for WinForms comes with an updated CAB application, featuring RadGridView and a new look and feel.
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