The original version of this post can be found on SilverlightShow.net.   Here begins the second of three parts, which comprise Telerik XAML Q3’11 Beta—A Walkthrough.  In case you missed it, with Telerik’s upcoming release in November you’ll have access to the official versions of RadBarCode, RadVirtualizingWrapPanel, and RadChartingKit—and a few sure-to-please extras.  To make the most of these articles, download the beta before getting started. For an introductory overview you can check out the official beta announcement on our Silverlight Team blog.  Introducing RadVirtualizingWrapPanel RadVirtualizingWrapPanel boosts the performance of your ListBox/ListView when binding to a large amount of data. The control generates only...

The original version of this post can be found on SilverlightShow.net.   Come mid-November Telerik will be releasing the official versions of RadBarCode, RadVirtualizingWrapPanel, and RadChartingKit—and a couple surprises to boot. ;-)  In this 3-part article, Telerik XAML Q3’11 Beta—A Walkthrough, we give you a comprehensive technical look at each of these 3 new controls—make sure to check them all out!  We also recommend that you download the beta so you can make the most of what you’re reading. For an introductory overview you can check out the official beta announcement on our Silverlight Team blog.  Introducing RadBarCode RadBarcode allows you to accurately track...

I’ve just uploaded a new video to Telerik TV showing how to set up your browsers to work properly with Test Studio. Not surprisingly, the video is titled “Test Studio – Configuring Your Browsers.” The video walks you through the steps you’ll need to prepare Internet Explorer and Firefox for recording and executing functional and performance testing with Test Studio. It’s a bit over ten minutes long. I hope you find it useful! About the author Jim Holmes Jim Holmes has around 25 years IT experience. He is co-author of "Windows Developer Power Tools" and Chief Cat ...

The first service pack for Telerik JustCode Q2 2011 was recently released, but the development team is forging ahead with even more new features to make your life easier. New internal builds brings Razor and CSS support, which is welcome news for web developers using JustCode. Razor If you have developed applications in ASP.NET MVC 3, you are familiar with the new Razor view engine. It brings code closer to markup, and it’s fitting that its files use the extensions cshtml and vbhtml. The JustCode features you are familiar with now work on the C#, VB, JavaScript, and Html code inside Razor files. This includes...

By inheriting from RadDataBoundListBox, RadJumpList gets all the functionality that is normally introduced there. This is also the case with the support for the Check Boxes mode we recently introduced in RadDataBoundListBox. Basically, just as in RadDataBoundListBox, you can enable and activate the check mode in RadJumpList, check/uncheck items and also handle events that inform you when an item has been checked or unchecked. You also have access to the CheckedItems collection which can be used to programmatically check or uncheck items:     Now we have decided to extend this mode in RadJumpList since in the context of grouping items (what actually sets RadJumpList apart...