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Desktop WinForms
Draggable Series Items In RadChart for WinForms
A few weeks ago, someone asked me if the RadChart supported dragging the series items around. The simple answer to this question is no, there is no out-of-the-box support for this feature in the RadChart. I was curious though, so I decided to try my hand at making this concept into a reality. What follows is the code I came up with to do it. Figure 1. The Final Result Fields and Constructor In the constructor I am basically generating a bunch of random values to use in the chart. As you can see, I am actually using two series. The ...October 02, 2009 -
Web Desktop
Adding additional power to RadGridView for Silverlight with attached behaviors
PART I [example: Adding an ‘Insert new row’ button to RadGridView ] Certain scenarios require adding additional behaviors and/or visuals to RadGridView. Implementing these as integrated features in RadGridView is not always appropriate as they may serve quite specific client scenarios or may require customization beyond the power of a common integrated feature. According to the canons of WPF and Silverlight such tasks should be easily achieved by modifying the default control template and adding the necessary visuals (e.g. user controls with some additional logic included). My experience with clients shows that such approach is sometimes kind-of frustrating as it often involves...October 01, 2009 -
Desktop WPF
Sorting, Filtering, Grouping and Aggregating on all CPU cores using RadGridView for WPF and PLINQ
As some of you may already know the Q2 release of RadGridView for WPF ships with a brand new “data engine” entirely based on LINQ. This means that all data operations including sorting, filtering, grouping, aggregating and paging will be pushed down to the IQueryProvider when RadGridView is bound to an IQueryable. For example if you are using LinqToSql, LinqToEntities or OpenAccess ORM all gird operations are executed on the SQL server using the magic of LINQ providers. Staying on the cutting edge I decide to try out PLINQ (Parallel LINQ) and enable RadGridView to execute its data operations on all available CPU cores. PLINQ...September 23, 2009 -
Desktop WPF
RadChart for SL/WPF: Data grouping and aggregation
Howdy folks! The RadControls for XAML Q3 Beta1 is out and it features an updated version of the RadChart control. We receive dozens of feature requests every day and one of the more substantial ones is the ability to analyze data with RadChart. The feature I will describe today is a great step in that direction. I’m talking of course about data grouping and aggregation. Just like grouping and aggregate functions are one of the major features of our GridView control they can be used with the charts as well (if you have the beta). Basically the feature allows you to group business...September 18, 2009 -
Desktop WPF
Windows 7 Theme for RadControls
My guess is you have probably tested Windows 7. I will even go further and assume you liked how it looks and feels. Well … we like it too, even more we decided to bring the Windows 7 stunning visuals to RadControls for Silverlight and WPF. I give you the first sneak peek screenshot of Windows 7 Theme: Windows 7 Theme will let you perfectly blend your applications with the best looking Windows to date. The theme has already been tested in our new ? product and is designed to handle a wide array of complex business cases. Windows 7 Theme will be...September 15, 2009
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