Before even asking why one should do anything like this, let me clarify that this is a good technique to spice up a bit your VB6 application. Now I know this is not cutting edge but still it is important to a lot of people (as I found out already). So let’s start then... Create a new solution that includes a Windows Forms application (to test easily the functionality provided by the user control). Then add a library project that will wrap our user control. What is demonstrated by this example is a very simple example that includes a label, and a...

There are lots of exciting things coming up with the official release of “RadControls for Silverlight”. One of them is the newly included RadGauge control in the suite. As it has already become a tradition – RadGauge for Silverlight will share the same code base as its WPF analogue. This will allow the users to use the same API with both the controls. With Telerik RadGauge for Silverlight you will be able to display and monitor live data using the rich set of  features the control provides. Furthermore, you will be able to completely customize the look of the control...

It is no urban legend that having more monitors results in greater productivity, and most of all tremendous increase in developer’s comfort. Even the Myth Busters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters) dudes know that. So imagine that your group’s budget allows installing a brand new (say 22 inches) TFT display as your second, or even better you already have the setup. What are your options with VS 2005/2008 for efficient management of the screen estate to bust productivity? Better code access You can vertically split the Visual Studio screen estate in two, and position the divider down the center of the two monitors. This can be done...

    This is the first of a series of blog posts providing Javascript and CSS tips and tricks aimed to help you in your day-to-day work with web user interfaces. Anyone who needs to polish a user interface and make it truly cross-browser has hit the wall of browser differences, bugs and inconsistencies. There are plenty of resources on the Internet discussing workarounds to some of those problems - but our team's front-end developer Martin and I believe that in "our" bag of tricks there are some interesting ones as well. We will try to roll out at least 20...

In continue to my previous posts related to RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX client-side data-binding, I've created new example how to bind the grid to a WCF service: web.config service registration: <system.serviceModel>     <behaviors>         <serviceBehaviors>             <behavior name="ServiceBehavior">                  <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>                  <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>...