In a world where the word ‘touch’ became something usual rather than something exceptional, we understand that you will surely need to take your Windows Forms application to the next level. With the introduction of the Touch API in Windows 7 and the touch oriented devices for Windows 8, Microsoft paved the road to the touch-friendly applications. We also decided to follow this path allowing you to create new or update your existing Windows Forms applications making them follow the latest UX touch trends. One step in this direction is the new RadPanorama control which we discussed in a previous blog. The second step which...

Probably all of us have identified at some point the following trend in software development — newer version usually means bigger assemblies. Sure, some of the new stuff is features that we use on a daily basis; but some of the new stuff is just eye candy that we don't always use. In fact, wouldn't it be nice if we could get just the software with the default looks; get the job done then and, if needed, add that sweet UI candy to it later? And in order to tackle this problem — maintain a reasonable file size of the main Telerik...

Every time our products sweep awards thanks to the opinion of people like you who use them every day, we can’t help but feel we are doing a good job crafting them. So we would like to express our gratitude to you for your trust and vote in this year’s Visual Studio Magazine Readers Choice Awards helped us win them. Following last years’ success in the VSM Readers Awards, we are happy to learn your trust in us is growing. Telerik’s TeamPulse, Test Studio, RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX, and RadControls for Windows Phone are the first choice of the VSM audience in...

On November 12th 2011, I gave a presentation at Chippewa Valley Code Camp titled, “Kinecting the Dots with the Kinect SDK”. As promised, here is the Slides / Code / Resources to my talk. (click image to download slides) What is it? The Kinect for Windows SDK beta is a starter kit for applications developers that includes APIs, sample code, and drivers. This SDK enables the academic research and enthusiast communities to create rich experiences by using Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect sensor technology on computers running Windows 7. Resources : Download Kinect for Windows SDK beta...

Q3 2011 is knocking on the door and along with all the cool stuff you will find inside, there is one feature that we would like to tell you about now. Do you remember Excel-Like functionality, which allows the end-user to effortlessly apply filter by selecting items from a popup list? Now we are including a bunch of new stuff to it.   Calendar filter popup First of all is a new calendar popup. It will be shown by default for date columns, and it will allow for easily selecting a date from RadCalendar. For additional convenience, there are a couple of predefined...