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  • Desktop WPF

    XAMLflix Tutorial: PDF Viewer for Silverlight and WPF

    Every Wednesday we publish a new tutorial based on one of our existing XAMLflix videos.  This week we focus on the PDF Viewer, which allows you to view PDF files inside your Silverlight or WPF applications.  With no need for an additional viewer.  You can scroll, pan and zoom your PDF files to get a better view of your content. This week’s tutorial covers Getting Started with the PDF Viewer Using a Toolbar with the PDF Viewer Integrating RadRichTextBox with the PDF Viewer Getting Started introduces the RadPDFViewer and shows how to add one to a new project...
  • Desktop WPF

    XAMLFlix Video: RadSparkLine for Silverlight and WPF

    Welcome back to XAMLflix. This week we’re looking at RadSparkline for Silverlight and WPF. XAMLflix is brought to you by Telerik to teach you how to use and get the most from both the new and existing controls in Telerik’s XAML suite.  Every Tuesday and Thursday we have new videos; every Wednesday we have a new written tutorial.  Since the Telerik Silverlight and WPF controls share a common codebase and API, you only have to learn how to use them once! Be sure to check out www.telerik.com/xamlflix for all the videos! RadSparkline is an information graphic -- designed to be both lightweight and...
  • Desktop WPF

    XAMLFlix RadDataBars Tutorial for Silverlight and WPF

    Every Wednesday we publish a new tutorial based on the XAMLFlix video series.  This gives you the same information as the video, but in a searchable text form. This week we are looking at RadDataBars. RadDataBars are a very useful way to display information about relative sizes and percentages. RadDataBars come in three flavors: RadDataBar RadStackedDataBar RadStacked100DataBar The RadDataBar reflects a single value, typically as a horizontal bar. The RadStackedDataBar reflects a series of values and their relative sizes, one stacked upon another . The RadStacked100DataBar is much like the RadStackedDataBar except that it is sized to fill the entire provided area -- each value given a...
  • Desktop WPF

    XAMLflix Video Tutorial: RadGauge for Silverlight and WPF

    Welcome back to XAMLflix. This week we’ll take a look at RadGauge for Silverlight and WPF. XAMLFlix is Telerik’s way of teaching you how to use both new and existing controls from Telerik’s XAML suite. Every Tuesday and Thursday, we provide a fresh batch of videos and sample projects highlighting a different control, and on Wednesdays we provide a written tutorial. Since our Silverlight and WPF controls share a common codebase and API, you only have to learn how to use these controls once! You can simply copy and paste the code between frameworks. Be sure to check out www.telerik.com/xamlflix for all...
  • Desktop WinForms

    ListBox Tutorial

    Today is Wednesday, and that means another XAMLFlix tutorial – tutorials based on the XAMLFlix video series. Today’s ListBox Tutorial shows you how to get started with the control, set up complex list box items, search and select. RadListBox  Tutorial Video Please feel free to share your comments and feedback. We’d especially love to hear which controls you’d like to see covered next. Wrap-Up & Share Your Thoughts Hopefully you’ve seen here just how quickly and easily you can add RadListBox in your next line-of-business application. And as a reminder, this is only one of controls offered in the Silverlight/WPF suite. So, feel free to...