Telerik blogs
  • Web

    Are you LINQed?

    As you may probably know, since the middle of September last year, RadGrid for ASP.NET provides native and codeless support  for LinqDataSource. You can edit, update, delete and insert records without a single line of code. Furthermore, since the beginning of this year we added codeless hierarchy support - as a result RadGrid for ASP.NET has become the first ASP.NET DataGrid on the market with native LINQ support. With the newly released RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX we moved our LINQ support to the next level and now the grid will perform all operations like sorting, filtering, paging, etc. using pure LINQ to Objects internally -...
  • Web

    Increasing the compression ratio of the XAP files

    Today I was hacking around with a Silverlight application and decided to check if it is possible to recompress its XAP file in order to save some bytes. As you might already know, the XAP files are just renamed ZIP files and you can open and view their contents with almost any archiver. I created a simple batch file that extracts an archive to a temp folder, deletes it and then compresses the extracted files into a new archive with the same name as the original (I am using the open source archiver 7-Zip, which was installed in its default location): @if...
  • Release

    Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta is now available!

    You can check the post of Web Developer team for more detailed info. Here are few RadControls related details: ... Issue Many NBSPs added and tag name corruption when editing a page that uses Telerik controls (popular custom controls) Description When there are multiple register directives for the same namespace in different assemblies, multiple NBSPs may be generated in your page and your markup could possibly be changed incorrect. This can be ...
  • Release

    Telerik CAB Enabling Kit Got Rid of Its Beta Tag

    Now that the 2008 Q1 release is out the door, I finally managed to spare a couple of hours for blogging. Telerik is one of the few vendors that offer support for the Composite UI Application Block (CAB). Till recently, however, the Telerik CAB Enabling Kit (TCEK) was in beta as we wanted to hear your feedback on our implementation. The feedback was not grand, but it was enough to tell us that it is time to release TCEK to the public. The beta came with an example application which mimicked the famous WPF Woodgrove Finance Application. For our official release...
    May 12, 2008
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    New online resources for the past three weeks (04/14/2008 - 05/04/2008)

     Below is a summary of the new online resources available for our ASP.NET controls/WinForm controls: ASP.NET New major release (Q1 2008) with numerous new features/enhancements for the entire RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX suite: http://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/release-history.aspx http://www.telerik.com/DEMOS/ASPNET/Prometheus/Controls/Examples/Default/DefaultCS.aspx (new online demos) http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/introduction.html (brand new online help application) http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/default.aspx (ASP.NET AJAX versions for code library projects posted by Telerik members) http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/home.aspx (ASP.NET AJAX versions for all active knowledge base articles) RadGrid HELP: OnRowDragStarted/OnRowDropping/OnRowDropped articles (will be uploaded shortly)
  • Web

    Are you LINQed?

    As you may probably know, since the middle of September last year, RadGrid for ASP.NET provides native and codeless support  for LinqDataSource. You can edit, update, delete and insert records without a single line of code. Furthermore, since the beginning of this year we added codeless hierarchy support - as a result RadGrid for ASP.NET has become the first ASP.NET DataGrid on the market with native LINQ support. With the newly released RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX we moved our LINQ support to the next level and now the grid will perform all operations like sorting, filtering, paging, etc. using pure LINQ to Objects internally -...
  • Web

    Increasing the compression ratio of the XAP files

    Today I was hacking around with a Silverlight application and decided to check if it is possible to recompress its XAP file in order to save some bytes. As you might already know, the XAP files are just renamed ZIP files and you can open and view their contents with almost any archiver. I created a simple batch file that extracts an archive to a temp folder, deletes it and then compresses the extracted files into a new archive with the same name as the original (I am using the open source archiver 7-Zip, which was installed in its default location): @if...
  • Release

    Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta is now available!

    You can check the post of Web Developer team for more detailed info. Here are few RadControls related details: ... Issue Many NBSPs added and tag name corruption when editing a page that uses Telerik controls (popular custom controls) Description When there are multiple register directives for the same namespace in different assemblies, multiple NBSPs may be generated in your page and your markup could possibly be changed incorrect. This can be ...
  • Release

    Telerik CAB Enabling Kit Got Rid of Its Beta Tag

    Now that the 2008 Q1 release is out the door, I finally managed to spare a couple of hours for blogging. Telerik is one of the few vendors that offer support for the Composite UI Application Block (CAB). Till recently, however, the Telerik CAB Enabling Kit (TCEK) was in beta as we wanted to hear your feedback on our implementation. The feedback was not grand, but it was enough to tell us that it is time to release TCEK to the public. The beta came with an example application which mimicked the famous WPF Woodgrove Finance Application. For our official release...
    May 12, 2008
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    New online resources for the past three weeks (04/14/2008 - 05/04/2008)

     Below is a summary of the new online resources available for our ASP.NET controls/WinForm controls: ASP.NET New major release (Q1 2008) with numerous new features/enhancements for the entire RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX suite: http://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/release-history.aspx http://www.telerik.com/DEMOS/ASPNET/Prometheus/Controls/Examples/Default/DefaultCS.aspx (new online demos) http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/introduction.html (brand new online help application) http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/default.aspx (ASP.NET AJAX versions for code library projects posted by Telerik members) http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/home.aspx (ASP.NET AJAX versions for all active knowledge base articles) RadGrid HELP: OnRowDragStarted/OnRowDropping/OnRowDropped articles (will be uploaded shortly)