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  • Desktop

    Using the Grid App Template in Windows 8

    Microsoft Visual Studio offers a number of templates for building Windows 8 applications. In most of my postings, we’ve been using the Blank application template, but the Grid App template is extremely powerful. Unfortunately, it is not obvious how to adapt it to your own data and it doesn’t come with an instruction manual.
    January 22, 2013
  • Desktop WPF

    How To: Merge assemblies into WPF application

    As you may know you cannot use ILMerge to merge assemblies with XAML (WPF application) however there is a little known trick you can use to achieve your goal in a bit different way.
    January 15, 2013
  • Desktop WinForms

    Add Outlook AutoComplete functionality to your WinForms apps in a few simple steps

    In Q2 2012 we introduced a cool brand new control in Telerik’s WinForms suite – RadAutoCompleteBox. This control allows end-users to easily fill-in text thanks to autocomplete functionality and tokens of text coming “out of the box”. This behavior enables you to easily simulate the  Outlook and Facebook autocomplete functionality available to users each time they send a new message and pick the recipients  in the ‘To:’ field of their outgoing message from a convenient pop-up list with suggestions. 
    December 19, 2012
  • Desktop WinForms

    11 Awesome Features of RadPivotGrid for WinForms

    The beta version of RadPivotGrid for WinForms is out, stacked and packed with a bunch of useful features you shouldn’t miss. Although there is still some time to go for the official release, the range of functionality available in beta phase, can help you achieve many of your pivotal scenarios with ease and we encourage you to give it a try. Below follows a list of RadPivotGrid’s features you get “out of the box”: Advanced design-time Property Builder PivotFieldList Filtering Layouts Totals Position Aggregates Position ScreenTips Range Grouping Cell Formatting Printing Support Integration with RadChartView
    December 10, 2012
  • Desktop

    Desktop Apps: The Final Frontier for HTML5

    If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: HTML5’s primary advantage is reach. It runs everywhere. It’s on the back of this lone competitive advantage that HTML5 has radically transformed the software development landscape and found its way in to everything from modern websites...
    December 04, 2012