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  • Desktop WPF

    Keep your project and Toolbox in sync

    I guess the larger part of you have to maintain various projects using different versions of a Telerik suite, let’s say RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX. Having in mind the above mentioned scenario, working with two projects referring different versions of the Telerik.Web.UI assembly there are the following options :   Have parallel installs of both the RadControls versions on your machine. This one works fine until one day, while in a hurry, you just expand a RadControls group in your Toolbox, drag a control over your page, attempt to build the project and find it broken. The reason for...
    November 11, 2010
  • Desktop WPF

    RadOutlookBar – minimization capabilities

    In this blog post we will go through a new feature of the RadOutlookBar – the minimization capabilities. With the upcoming release of the RadControls for Silverlight and WPF the RadOutlookBar will come with a couple of new properties: IsMinimizable – boolean property that allows you to choose whether the RadOutlookBar can be minimized or not IsMinimized - boolean property that allows you to choose whether the RadOutlookBar should be minimized or not MinimizedWidth – double property that represents the width that will be set to the RadOutlookBar, when it is minimized MinimizedWidthThreshold – double property that represents at what width...
    November 09, 2010
  • Desktop WPF

    RadRating – the new Precision property

    With the upcoming release Q3 of RadControls for Silverlight and WPF the RadRating will come with a new feature – the Precision property. The Precision property have three predefined values: Item - you can rate with whole item (star) Half - you can rate with half item (star) Exact - you can rate with custom precision Examples Precision = Item (rate with whole item): <telerik:RadRating Precision="Item" ToolTipService.ToolTip="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Path=Value}" /> Precision = Half (rate with half item): <telerik:RadRating Precision="Half" ToolTipService.ToolTip="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Path=Value}" /> Precision = Exact (rate with custom precision): <telerik:RadRating Precision="Exact" ToolTipService.ToolTip="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self},...
    November 09, 2010
  • Desktop WinForms

    Bringing User Experience to the next level in RadGridView for WinForms

    In the upcoming Q3 2010, we bring the extensibility of RadGridView to the next level. We will add the ability to create and replace the row type for all rows stored in the rows collection which will give our customers almost unlimited control over the customization and design of the control. The new feature gives developers the opportunity to extend the default behavior of all descends of the GridViewRowInfo class. Here is how it works: Let’s say that you want to create an expandable filter row which has extended user-friendly UI for filtering: In Q3 2010 this will be possible with a few simple...
    October 27, 2010
  • Desktop WPF

    Programming Telerik ScheduleView for WPF/Silverlight (part 1)

    With this blog post I want to cover the very basics of our brand new RadScheduleView control. It is currently available only for WPF, but soon we will provide a Silverlight version. Please, check my FAQ about RadScheduleView blog post for more information: http://blogs.telerik.com/valerihristov/posts/10-10-25/telerik_scheduleview_for_silverlight_wpf_questions_and_answers.aspx   To add RadScheduleView to a new or existing application you need to first add references to the following assemblies Telerik.Windows.Controls Telerik.Windows.Data Telerik.Windows.Controls.Input Telerik.Windows.Controls.Navigation Telerik.Windows.Controls.ScheduleView   If you like to drag controls from the Visual Studio Toolbox, add RadScheduleView to the Toolbox following the instructions below (in the official release it will be automatically added when you install RadControls): http://www.telerik.com/help/wpf/installation-adding-to-vs-2008-toolbox-wpf.html   I am a fan of the manual...
    October 26, 2010