Telerik blogs
  • People

    Telerik @ TechEd Europe 2009 in Berlin - Day 1

    The first day at TechEd in Berlin has been a very good one. Thanks to the 400 people coming by enjoying our demos and T-Shirts.     If you are there, don’t miss to visit us and meet our developers for a demo or a tech talk.   Tomorrow at 2.45 pm you can see Telerik OpenAccess ORM working with SQL Azure. This will be demonstrated live in the VSIP theatre. Afterwards you can win a Premium Collection at our booth.   4 days to go …...
    November 09, 2009
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    How to Use Google Spellcheck with RadSpell

    Sometimes the default spellchecking algorithms in RadSpell are not providing the best possible suggestions for misspelled words. For example, the phonetic algorithm works best with English words, but is not very accurate with Russian. The edit distance algorithm is language independent, but will not recognize easy mistakes if the word spelling is not very similar to the original. Unfortunately, implementing your own custom algorithm for a specific language is not an easy task. The latest Q3 2009 release of the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX features a new example for RadSpell, which shows how to use an existing service provided by...
    November 09, 2009
  • Web ASP.NET MVC

    Using Telerik Grid for ASP.NET MVC without any server-side code

    Since all Telerik UI components for ASP.NET MVC are actually jQuery plugins one can use them without any server-side code (or ASP.NET MVC). In this blog post I will show how to use the grid and bind it to Twitter. Here are the required steps:   Register the two CSS files to style the grid: <head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="telerik.common.min.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="telerik.vista.min.css" /> </head> Then add the JavaScript files: ...
    November 09, 2009
  • Web ASP.NET MVC

    Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC – Troubleshooting

    Wow it has been a busy release! I am glad that we managed to release our first home-grown UI extensions for ASP.NET MVC. I hope you like them and please, please share your feedback in the forum.   In this blog post I will highlight the most common problems you may encounter while using the extensions and their solutions. Here we go: The control renders fine but its client-side features do not work The most common reason is that there is no ScriptRegistrar or it is placed before the UI components. It is mandatory that you add a ScriptRegistrar because the UI components require it...
    November 09, 2009
  • People

    Telerik at Microsoft TechEd Berlin, celebrating with Germans 20 years of the fall of the wall

    As usual, we are prepared in time for another great developer conference, this time Microsoft TechEd Europe taking place in Berlin, Germany. Not only a great town to visit but also a very good time to do so, because on 9th of November we celebrate 20 years of the fall of the wall, which separated East and West Berlin.     The celebration has already been prepared yesterday and it’s special feeling if you walk by the Brandenburger Tor, specially for Germans.   So at Messe Berlin our TechEd booth is ready for the show, which actually has been sold out (is that good or...
    November 08, 2009
  • People

    Telerik @ TechEd Europe 2009 in Berlin - Day 1

    The first day at TechEd in Berlin has been a very good one. Thanks to the 400 people coming by enjoying our demos and T-Shirts.     If you are there, don’t miss to visit us and meet our developers for a demo or a tech talk.   Tomorrow at 2.45 pm you can see Telerik OpenAccess ORM working with SQL Azure. This will be demonstrated live in the VSIP theatre. Afterwards you can win a Premium Collection at our booth.   4 days to go …...
    November 09, 2009
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    How to Use Google Spellcheck with RadSpell

    Sometimes the default spellchecking algorithms in RadSpell are not providing the best possible suggestions for misspelled words. For example, the phonetic algorithm works best with English words, but is not very accurate with Russian. The edit distance algorithm is language independent, but will not recognize easy mistakes if the word spelling is not very similar to the original. Unfortunately, implementing your own custom algorithm for a specific language is not an easy task. The latest Q3 2009 release of the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX features a new example for RadSpell, which shows how to use an existing service provided by...
    November 09, 2009
  • Web ASP.NET MVC

    Using Telerik Grid for ASP.NET MVC without any server-side code

    Since all Telerik UI components for ASP.NET MVC are actually jQuery plugins one can use them without any server-side code (or ASP.NET MVC). In this blog post I will show how to use the grid and bind it to Twitter. Here are the required steps:   Register the two CSS files to style the grid: <head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="telerik.common.min.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="telerik.vista.min.css" /> </head> Then add the JavaScript files: ...
    November 09, 2009
  • Web ASP.NET MVC

    Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC – Troubleshooting

    Wow it has been a busy release! I am glad that we managed to release our first home-grown UI extensions for ASP.NET MVC. I hope you like them and please, please share your feedback in the forum.   In this blog post I will highlight the most common problems you may encounter while using the extensions and their solutions. Here we go: The control renders fine but its client-side features do not work The most common reason is that there is no ScriptRegistrar or it is placed before the UI components. It is mandatory that you add a ScriptRegistrar because the UI components require it...
    November 09, 2009
  • People

    Telerik at Microsoft TechEd Berlin, celebrating with Germans 20 years of the fall of the wall

    As usual, we are prepared in time for another great developer conference, this time Microsoft TechEd Europe taking place in Berlin, Germany. Not only a great town to visit but also a very good time to do so, because on 9th of November we celebrate 20 years of the fall of the wall, which separated East and West Berlin.     The celebration has already been prepared yesterday and it’s special feeling if you walk by the Brandenburger Tor, specially for Germans.   So at Messe Berlin our TechEd booth is ready for the show, which actually has been sold out (is that good or...
    November 08, 2009