Since our first official release in July, we have received lots of feedback from customers about things we need to improve. And we listened! The new release adds several important features that make working with the control easier. Here is the list: Improved selection handling. We now expose a SelectionChanged event and two convenience properties: SelectedItem and CurrentItem. The latter two are especially useful when working with the control entirely in XAML without any code-behind. Cell focus. We have added support for identifying the current cell and to navigate across cells using the Tab/Shift+Tab keys. Improved accessibility support through automation peers for RadGridView. Accessibility...

Ever wondered what technologies MS has up its sleeve for the closest future? I bet you've heard at least words like Live Mesh, Office Communications Server, SQL Server 2008, FAST, Silverlight, Oslo, Visual Studio Team System, Virtualization, SharePoint, Dynamics, XNA. You didn't? So maybe you know about ASP.NET or perhaps IronRubby? The technologies that I've mentioned will make it into the spotlight at PDC 2008 event. You can check out details on 50 of more than 200 sessions that will be presented at PDC....

Today we would like to highlight one exciting feature that will find its way into the new RadChart control for WPF -- the control grants you the absolute freedom to compose its layout based on your business requirements and not the other way around. This effectively means that you can add an unlimited number of chart building blocks (chart areas, legends, and titles) so we will demonstrate now how easy the layout customization can be. Basically the control provides three options for layout customization: RadChart comes with a default preset layout (a single chart area, legend, and title) but you have complete...

Telerik became an exclusive sponsor of the "Write and Win" Contest organized by SilverlightShow.Net. "This contest aims to provoke people like you - geeks and fans, developers and designers, to show us what you've learned, what you've made, what you know. And all this will be shared with the community. Thus, we all make the Silverlight community stronger and active" states the official message at www.silverlightshow.net. The prizes that Telerik provides include: 1st - RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX + WinForms + Reporting Developer Subscription and Source Code License ($1,299 value). This is Telerik’s most comprehensive license and it includes a Gold Support Package, free product updates and new product releases for a period of...

Silverlight is Microsoft's new platform for developing Rich Internet Applications. Instead of being constrained by the limitations of HTML, .NET developers can use their skills to create even more powerful applications in the browser than is possible with ASP.NET. But unless you've been living under a rock for the past year and a half, you already know that. What you might not know is how in the world to get started using this exciting new technology in your own projects. We have already released the RadControls for Silverlight 2 beta (which will be officially released alongside the release of Silverlight 2), and...