Last time we saw how we can inject code at the beginning of generic methods. Today I will show you how to inject code in properties. I will cover the syntax for static classes as well. So, let's start with a demo program that I will explain line-by-line. using System; using Telerik.CodeWeaver.Hook;   namespace ConsoleApplication4 {     public sealed class TargetClass1     {         public TargetClass1(string text)         {             Text = InitText = text;         }           public string InitText { get; private set;...

One of the new features of Telerik OpenAccess ORM Visual designer is the forward mapping wizard that can be used to update the database schema from the model. Yes it is true! With just few clicks you are able to generate and execute either a schema definition or schema update script that will alter you database schema. First you will need to open our Schema Update Wizard. You can do this by either right clicking in the schema explorer or in the model explorer: the command is named Update Database from Model… This will open the following page: On the first page you...

One of the new goodies that came with RadGridView Q2 2010 is the brand new drag and drop API, which offers a very flexible way to create custom drag and drop scenarios with ease. Each instance of RadGridView is associated with RadGridViewDragDropService that handles user drag and drop operations. It gives you out-of-the-box reordering of columns and movement of items between the group panel and the columns header. The service is also responsible for rows reordering in unbound mode when grouping and sorting features are not applied. In many cases, developers need to implement complex custom scenarios that are not covered by our products by default....

This week we will release new major feature for the RadRibbonBar – keyboard access. KeyTips provide keyboard access to every control in the Ribbon. They are activated by pressing the ALT key, following by the key for the button you want to activate. KeyTips are very well explained at the Microsoft’s fluent UI guidelines, you can read more about KeyTips on msdn… This feature is in the Required section from the Ribbon specification, but it’s nature and hard implementation details was preventing us from implementing it sooner. Currently this feature is the one with most votes in our PITS system, thus we considered it for...

The example will work with the latest internal build and the feature required will be released in the Silverlight4, 2010.Q2.SP1. The Full Source Code is here. A few months ago we noticed a lot of XAML code being copied around. It was supposed to enable validation in our controls. It is all about those red borders showing around controls like RadNumericUpDown, RadComboBox, RadDatePicker etc. So we have created the ValidationTooltip in the assembly Telerik.Windows.Controls, namespace Telerik.Windows.Controls.Chromes that was supposed to encapsulate these visuals keeping all the storyboards and templates at one place. This all happened in Silverlight 3. Now in Silverlight 4...