In an earlier blog post I reviewed how to create a line chart using RadChart for Metro. In this blog post I will review how to create a bar chart, and no doubt you will notice some striking similarities. All of this is done with the Telerik Windows 8 UI Controls. We’ll begin with the data.  Our bar chart will compare revenues for five stores. [ Click on the image to see full size ] Our first class will define the StoreRevenue type and will have a static method to generate some sample data (normally, of course, you would get this data from a...

The second major installment of RadControls for WinForms in 2012 brought to life three new controls to the suite; it boasted a fine-tuned theming mechanism and introduced various accessibility tweaks making it even easier for you to deliver your apps’ experience to visually impaired people. It is now time to look towards the next major release, expected in mid-October.   Let’s take a look at the highlights of Q3 2012 Roadmap for WinForms: RadPivotGrid (Beta). Being a CTP in Q2 2012 SP1, RadPivotGrid will be further improved to reach the Beta phase in Q3. The features that you can currently use –...

Microsoft is going to end the mainstream support for SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) on October 9th, 2012 (see on the official support lifecycle page), we also stopped the development of RadEditor for MOSS, just like we followed suit with the support for .NET 2.0. The last official release of RadEditor for MOSS is version 5.8.16 (Q2 2012), which is based on Telerik's ASP.NET Editor (version 2012.2.607). The RadEditor for MOSS build is using a .NET 2.0 version of Telerik.Web.UI. Since we are no longer maintaining a .NET 2.0 build, we cannot have new versions of the MOSS editor. Please keep in mind that support for integrating newer versions of...

All eyes are on the upcoming new Windows Phone device by Nokia in September as well as the release of Windows Phone 8, since they’ll open up new horizons for Windows Phone developers and their apps. Meanwhile, we follow with excitement the success of our customers’ apps. Our Showcase Gallery has more than 200 featured apps, many of which take top positions on the marketplace. So we decided to show them off. Check out which apps built with Telerik Windows Phone UI controls rule the marketplace.

Yesterday’s release of Visual Studio 2012 and Blend for Visual Studio 2012 marks the beginning of a new era. In some ways, VS2012 and Blend are incremental releases, adding even better support for building enterprise and consumer apps and services for the desktop and the web. However, in one very important way, the release of VS2012 and Blend, together with the release of Windows 8 earlier this month, signals a whole new focus for the platform - that of touch-centric tablets - and with it, a whole new way to package and distribute apps for the Windows operating system - the Windows Store. If Windows 8 sells even half of...