Telerik blogs
  • Release

    New online resources for the past four weeks (06/23/2008 - 07/20/2008)

    Below is a summary of the new online resources available for our ASP.NET controls//Telerik Reporting/Sitefinity:   ASP.NET RadGrid Help topics Section 508 compliance http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/grid-section-508-compliance.html   RadAjax Help topics Getting started -> How RadAjax works: Controls and Configuration http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/ajx-how-it-works.html   RadComboBox Code library entries Reside the DropDown with a mouse: http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/submission/b311D-begcmk.aspx Help topics Appearance and Styling > Tutorial: Change the appearance of the Input element http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/appearance-change-input-look-tutorial.html   RadTreeView Code library entries Drag a node to a TextArea: http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/submission/b311D-bemmam.aspx Help topics Troubleshooting -> Load On Demand with server-side NodeClick http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/troubleshooting-load-on-demand-on-server-side-node-click.html   RadScheduler Knowledge base articles Using RadScheduler with AccessDataSource: http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/article/b454K-bacm-b454T-cth-b454c-cth.aspx Customizing the advanced template: http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/article/b454K-badd-b454T-cth-b454c-cth.aspx How to show all appointments in Month view: http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/article/b454K-badb-b454T-cth-b454c-cth.aspx Help topics Client-Side Programming -> OnClientTimeSlotContextMenu http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/client-side-onclienttimeslotcontextmenu.html Client-Side Programming -> OnClientAppointmentMoveStart...
    July 25, 2008
  • Desktop WPF

    WPF: The Static Nature of Dependency Properties

    With dependency properties being so heavily used across the WPF platform, there is a good chance that sooner or later you will get bitten by this issue my colleague Hristo Deshev and I were debugging not long ago. Some heads-up can't really hurt anybody so here it is;). We will declare a simple class Foo with a single collection dependency property (note that this is a reference type). We will also supply our brand new property with a default value through the convenient DependecyProperty.Register(...) method: Let us put our class to the test by creating two Foo instances and adding a single item...
    July 25, 2008
  • Web

    Using an HttpModule to Run a Background Service

    This is a great technique for those of you who need to run a service on your web server, but are using shared hosting and don't have the ability to do so. I first saw this technique at one of Rob Howard's TechEd sessions earlier this year. If you have the need to do some routine processing, typically you would consider writing a Windows service. For example, if you were running a web application which pulls data from multiple other sites and web services you might want to periodically load that data into a database and serve it from there rather...
    July 25, 2008
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    Telerik RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX Q2 2008 client-side edit using templates

    I've made three demos on how to use RadGrid templates to build completely client-side edit and update: - server-side GridTemplateColumn - server-side GridTableView ItemTemplate - client-side GridTableView ItemTemplate (ASP.NET AJAX 4.0...
  • Web

    Skin Exchange Program

    I am enthusiastic to announce the launch of the Telerik Skin Exchange Program – http://www.telerik.com/skins! We have created a meeting place for community members to exchange home-grown skins for the Telerik ASP.NET AJAX components. We know a lot of you have come up with amazing designs for our components and wanted to enable a platform to show these off and help the community. Seeing the tremendous support you guys give to each other every day on our forums and code library, I am confident you will take up on the initiative so we can build up a useful new resource...
    July 24, 2008
  • Release

    New online resources for the past four weeks (06/23/2008 - 07/20/2008)

    Below is a summary of the new online resources available for our ASP.NET controls//Telerik Reporting/Sitefinity:   ASP.NET RadGrid Help topics Section 508 compliance http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/grid-section-508-compliance.html   RadAjax Help topics Getting started -> How RadAjax works: Controls and Configuration http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/ajx-how-it-works.html   RadComboBox Code library entries Reside the DropDown with a mouse: http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/submission/b311D-begcmk.aspx Help topics Appearance and Styling > Tutorial: Change the appearance of the Input element http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/appearance-change-input-look-tutorial.html   RadTreeView Code library entries Drag a node to a TextArea: http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/submission/b311D-bemmam.aspx Help topics Troubleshooting -> Load On Demand with server-side NodeClick http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/troubleshooting-load-on-demand-on-server-side-node-click.html   RadScheduler Knowledge base articles Using RadScheduler with AccessDataSource: http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/article/b454K-bacm-b454T-cth-b454c-cth.aspx Customizing the advanced template: http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/article/b454K-badd-b454T-cth-b454c-cth.aspx How to show all appointments in Month view: http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/article/b454K-badb-b454T-cth-b454c-cth.aspx Help topics Client-Side Programming -> OnClientTimeSlotContextMenu http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/client-side-onclienttimeslotcontextmenu.html Client-Side Programming -> OnClientAppointmentMoveStart...
    July 25, 2008
  • Desktop WPF

    WPF: The Static Nature of Dependency Properties

    With dependency properties being so heavily used across the WPF platform, there is a good chance that sooner or later you will get bitten by this issue my colleague Hristo Deshev and I were debugging not long ago. Some heads-up can't really hurt anybody so here it is;). We will declare a simple class Foo with a single collection dependency property (note that this is a reference type). We will also supply our brand new property with a default value through the convenient DependecyProperty.Register(...) method: Let us put our class to the test by creating two Foo instances and adding a single item...
    July 25, 2008
  • Web

    Using an HttpModule to Run a Background Service

    This is a great technique for those of you who need to run a service on your web server, but are using shared hosting and don't have the ability to do so. I first saw this technique at one of Rob Howard's TechEd sessions earlier this year. If you have the need to do some routine processing, typically you would consider writing a Windows service. For example, if you were running a web application which pulls data from multiple other sites and web services you might want to periodically load that data into a database and serve it from there rather...
    July 25, 2008
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    Telerik RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX Q2 2008 client-side edit using templates

    I've made three demos on how to use RadGrid templates to build completely client-side edit and update: - server-side GridTemplateColumn - server-side GridTableView ItemTemplate - client-side GridTableView ItemTemplate (ASP.NET AJAX 4.0...
  • Web

    Skin Exchange Program

    I am enthusiastic to announce the launch of the Telerik Skin Exchange Program – http://www.telerik.com/skins! We have created a meeting place for community members to exchange home-grown skins for the Telerik ASP.NET AJAX components. We know a lot of you have come up with amazing designs for our components and wanted to enable a platform to show these off and help the community. Seeing the tremendous support you guys give to each other every day on our forums and code library, I am confident you will take up on the initiative so we can build up a useful new resource...
    July 24, 2008