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  • 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
  • Desktop WPF

    A XAMLFlix Video Tutorial: RadAutoCompleteBox for WPF and Silverlight

    Introduction As you may know, XAMLflix is a video series designed to get you up to speed quickly and easily with our Telerik controls for WPF and Silverlight. In this episode, we examine the RadAutoCompleteBox, looking at both single and multiple selection, as well as how you can tune the control to match the appearance of your project using themes. What Is RadAutoCompleteBox? RadAutoCompleteBox allows the user to type in one or more letters and see a list of potential matching values. The more the user types, the more the selection field is narrowed. The user can, at any time, select one of...
    November 27, 2012
  • Desktop

    Interacting with the RadDatePicker and RadTimePicker for Windows 8

    Introduction My good friend Michael Crump showed how to create an Appointment Tracking app with the RadDatePicker and RadTimePicker in this excellent post. I’m going to start where Michael left off, adding additional business rules and logic by interacting with controls. If you haven’t read his post, you can download the project from here. I will start from this project to add in the additional functionality. Design Goals Imagine that the business has approached the development team and is complaining that users are selecting departure dates that are prior to the arrival date, and there is a desire to make the scheduler more “user...
    November 16, 2012