Telerik blogs
  • Web

    How To: Export grid to PDF file and show the result using the window

    I've made small demo how to export the grid content to a PDF file and show the result using RadWindow: When you click the "Export" button in RadToolBar the page will be reloaded and if the export is successful the application will open RadWindow to show the exported file. Initially the "Delete" button is disabled however once the window is shown the button will be enabled. To delete the exported file you can click the "Delete" button or just close the window. [Live | Download]...
    December 08, 2008
  • Productivity Testing

    Don'ts in Software Testing

    Sounds like a book title, doesn’t it? No, I haven’t written a book on software testing. I’m on my way though, I just need fifteen or twenty years of Alan Page’s, Ken Johnston’s and BJ Rollisson’s experience and I’m ready to go with a new testing bible like the just announced “How We Test Software at Microsoft®”. Check out Alan’s and BJ’s posts on the subject here and here. I’m sure the authors, who lead the Microsoft testing division of about 8000 testers, have a lot to share, but I was also happy to see the post ...
    December 08, 2008
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    Easily persist RadTabStrip Selected Tab using client-side API

    While working on a recent "real" project for Telerik, I used the RadTabStrip for ASP.NET AJAX to provide users with a list of content they could navigate. It was simple enough. A RadTabStrip with a few tabs, a RadMultiPage holding each tab's content, and content on each pageview that linked to new pages in the website. With very little effort, I had a rich, tabbed interface that worked completely cross browser. But then during beta testing, a tester reported a bug: if they navigated to a new page by clicking on content in the TabStrip, then clicked their browser's back button,...
    December 05, 2008
  • People

    The Survey Results are In!

    I put out a survey about two weeks ago to ask you what controls you want to see in upcoming RadTips episodes. The 155 responses I received were spread fairly evenly, but it looks like the controls you are most interested in learning more about are the RadGrid, RadAjax, OpenAccessDataSource, & RadInputManager controls. Thanks to all who participated in the survey. Keep an eye out on my blog in the coming weeks as I start to deliver new RadTips that help you squeeze all the functionality out of these controls. If you have any specific features that you'd like to see me...
    December 05, 2008
  • Desktop WPF

    Custom format strings and DateTime support in RadChart for WPF

    One of the most common requests we got after the Q3 2008 release was to improve our label customization. Well I believe many of you will be pleasantly surprised to learn that we will most certainly deliver on those expectations for the Q3 SP1 release and then some! This news is really twofold. The first part is the support for custom format strings in our axis and series items labels. What this means is that with the SP1 release of RadChart for WPF you will be able to apply all .NET supported standard numeric format strings. The easiest way to enable...
    December 04, 2008
  • Web

    How To: Export grid to PDF file and show the result using the window

    I've made small demo how to export the grid content to a PDF file and show the result using RadWindow: When you click the "Export" button in RadToolBar the page will be reloaded and if the export is successful the application will open RadWindow to show the exported file. Initially the "Delete" button is disabled however once the window is shown the button will be enabled. To delete the exported file you can click the "Delete" button or just close the window. [Live | Download]...
    December 08, 2008
  • Productivity Testing

    Don'ts in Software Testing

    Sounds like a book title, doesn’t it? No, I haven’t written a book on software testing. I’m on my way though, I just need fifteen or twenty years of Alan Page’s, Ken Johnston’s and BJ Rollisson’s experience and I’m ready to go with a new testing bible like the just announced “How We Test Software at Microsoft®”. Check out Alan’s and BJ’s posts on the subject here and here. I’m sure the authors, who lead the Microsoft testing division of about 8000 testers, have a lot to share, but I was also happy to see the post ...
    December 08, 2008
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    Easily persist RadTabStrip Selected Tab using client-side API

    While working on a recent "real" project for Telerik, I used the RadTabStrip for ASP.NET AJAX to provide users with a list of content they could navigate. It was simple enough. A RadTabStrip with a few tabs, a RadMultiPage holding each tab's content, and content on each pageview that linked to new pages in the website. With very little effort, I had a rich, tabbed interface that worked completely cross browser. But then during beta testing, a tester reported a bug: if they navigated to a new page by clicking on content in the TabStrip, then clicked their browser's back button,...
    December 05, 2008
  • People

    The Survey Results are In!

    I put out a survey about two weeks ago to ask you what controls you want to see in upcoming RadTips episodes. The 155 responses I received were spread fairly evenly, but it looks like the controls you are most interested in learning more about are the RadGrid, RadAjax, OpenAccessDataSource, & RadInputManager controls. Thanks to all who participated in the survey. Keep an eye out on my blog in the coming weeks as I start to deliver new RadTips that help you squeeze all the functionality out of these controls. If you have any specific features that you'd like to see me...
    December 05, 2008
  • Desktop WPF

    Custom format strings and DateTime support in RadChart for WPF

    One of the most common requests we got after the Q3 2008 release was to improve our label customization. Well I believe many of you will be pleasantly surprised to learn that we will most certainly deliver on those expectations for the Q3 SP1 release and then some! This news is really twofold. The first part is the support for custom format strings in our axis and series items labels. What this means is that with the SP1 release of RadChart for WPF you will be able to apply all .NET supported standard numeric format strings. The easiest way to enable...
    December 04, 2008