Telerik blogs
  • Productivity

    Does JustDecompile Contain Bundled Software?

    Some developers have been surprised to discover JustCode and JustTrace installed on their system after installing JustDecompile. Whereas most simply try out the tools or uninstall them, some have expressed concern that we’re bundling software in the installer. Suffice to say, we’re not. But, if we’re not bundling other products in the installer, what’s really going on? Web Installer Launcher When you download JustDecompile (which is free) or one of our trial products, you actually receive a lightweight web installer launcher. This program simply allows you accept the license agreements and select products. It then downloads the individual installers and runs them. Of course,...
    April 20, 2012
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    A Match Made in Http Heaven - ASP.NET Web Forms and WebAPI

    With the introduction of MVC 4 Microsoft has created a fantastic new way for developers to expose data via HTTP service.  WebAPI is extremely easy to configure when compared to WCF services, and can send content in a multitude of formats.  On top of that you can easily extend it at almost any level.  While WebAPI shipped with MVC 4, it can easily be used in Asp.Net AJAX as well!  In this blog we will take a look at setting up WebAPI in ASP.Net Web Forms Before We Get Started To follow along with this blog you will need to download and...
    April 20, 2012
  • Release

    Telerik MVC Extensions Q1'12 commercial service pack available

    The Telerik MVC Extensions service pack for the first quarter of 2012 is out in the wild! It is available under the Telerik accounts of the commercial license holders. This maintenance release delivers a slew of improvements and fixes that will boost additionally your productivity and help you develop modern-looking and high-performing web sites with the Telerik MVC Extensions suite. Here are the most important enhancements we are shipping with the Q1'12 Commercial Telerik MVC Extensions package: (ComboBox) Added option to toggle case sensitive behavior of the combobox (Date/Time Pickers) Allow to specify the available hours of the time view - applicable for...
    April 19, 2012
  • Desktop

    Build a WinRT Metro App to Access the Windows 8 File System published in DevProConnections

    Hi Everyone, I hope you are enjoying Windows 8 as much as the team at Telerik is. Matter of fact, we have launched our new Windows 8 Team Blog and have a new post called, “Metro, Direct2D and XAML – Burst of Performance in Windows 8” But it doesn’t stop there, we have a new article published on DevProConnections today called, “Build a WinRT Metro App to Access the Windows 8 File System”. This article takes a look at what is involved with accessing the Windows 8 file system to create, read, modify and delete files. We also discuss file attributes and...
    April 19, 2012
  • Desktop WPF

    XAMLFlix–RadTileView

    It’s Thursday and time for the latest installment of XAMLFlix. As a quick review, XAMLflix = Videos + Projects covering all of the controls in both the RadControls for Silverlight and RadControls for WPF control suites.   We are revamping the entire video library with fresh new content based on the latest versions of our controls, complete with projects so you can grab the same code you see in the video and run with it. Be sure to check out www.telerik.com/xamlflix for all the videos! Discovering RadTileView The RadTileView controls give you very powerful control over the display of data, and maximize the utility of ...
    April 19, 2012
  • Productivity

    Does JustDecompile Contain Bundled Software?

    Some developers have been surprised to discover JustCode and JustTrace installed on their system after installing JustDecompile. Whereas most simply try out the tools or uninstall them, some have expressed concern that we’re bundling software in the installer. Suffice to say, we’re not. But, if we’re not bundling other products in the installer, what’s really going on? Web Installer Launcher When you download JustDecompile (which is free) or one of our trial products, you actually receive a lightweight web installer launcher. This program simply allows you accept the license agreements and select products. It then downloads the individual installers and runs them. Of course,...
    April 20, 2012
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    A Match Made in Http Heaven - ASP.NET Web Forms and WebAPI

    With the introduction of MVC 4 Microsoft has created a fantastic new way for developers to expose data via HTTP service.  WebAPI is extremely easy to configure when compared to WCF services, and can send content in a multitude of formats.  On top of that you can easily extend it at almost any level.  While WebAPI shipped with MVC 4, it can easily be used in Asp.Net AJAX as well!  In this blog we will take a look at setting up WebAPI in ASP.Net Web Forms Before We Get Started To follow along with this blog you will need to download and...
    April 20, 2012
  • Release

    Telerik MVC Extensions Q1'12 commercial service pack available

    The Telerik MVC Extensions service pack for the first quarter of 2012 is out in the wild! It is available under the Telerik accounts of the commercial license holders. This maintenance release delivers a slew of improvements and fixes that will boost additionally your productivity and help you develop modern-looking and high-performing web sites with the Telerik MVC Extensions suite. Here are the most important enhancements we are shipping with the Q1'12 Commercial Telerik MVC Extensions package: (ComboBox) Added option to toggle case sensitive behavior of the combobox (Date/Time Pickers) Allow to specify the available hours of the time view - applicable for...
    April 19, 2012
  • Desktop

    Build a WinRT Metro App to Access the Windows 8 File System published in DevProConnections

    Hi Everyone, I hope you are enjoying Windows 8 as much as the team at Telerik is. Matter of fact, we have launched our new Windows 8 Team Blog and have a new post called, “Metro, Direct2D and XAML – Burst of Performance in Windows 8” But it doesn’t stop there, we have a new article published on DevProConnections today called, “Build a WinRT Metro App to Access the Windows 8 File System”. This article takes a look at what is involved with accessing the Windows 8 file system to create, read, modify and delete files. We also discuss file attributes and...
    April 19, 2012
  • Desktop WPF

    XAMLFlix–RadTileView

    It’s Thursday and time for the latest installment of XAMLFlix. As a quick review, XAMLflix = Videos + Projects covering all of the controls in both the RadControls for Silverlight and RadControls for WPF control suites.   We are revamping the entire video library with fresh new content based on the latest versions of our controls, complete with projects so you can grab the same code you see in the video and run with it. Be sure to check out www.telerik.com/xamlflix for all the videos! Discovering RadTileView The RadTileView controls give you very powerful control over the display of data, and maximize the utility of ...
    April 19, 2012