We have a new charting engine in Telerik Reporting, and you are going to love it! Experience the new integrated graph component which will supersede the current Chart Report Item. We will also show you how to manage large OpenAccess ORM domain models through the new Multiple Diagrams support – it is quick, simple, and fun. Did you know that OpenAccess supports streaming of large data files from the database? Yes, it sure can, and we will show you how to do it.

After implementing the native 1:1 relationships support and database default values support in Q2 2012, for the next official version we are going to continue delivering new features based on your feedback. Currently the most popular item in our Public Issues Tracking System (PITS) is “Database Functions Support” so this is the winner you can expect to see in the product as early as Q3 2012, expected to be out very soon! Furthermore, you should know that we have surpassed the initial expectations for this new feature and decided to add a brand new capability to our Domain Methods - read on and learn how...

Microsoft has recently released their latest technology helping the N-Tier development – the ASP.NET Web API framework. If you haven’t had the opportunity to experience this new platform built around the HTTP protocol, here we try to address some of the key points about Web API services as answers to the most common questions you might be already asking:  What is Web API? ASP.NET Web API is the latest platform provided by Microsoft for creating HTTP-based services.  When can I use Web API? The Web API framework is not limited to any kind of architecture. You can build REST services on top of it or...

We, the OpenAccess ORM team, believe that an ORM solution should not only be easy to use and time-saving, but also flexible enough to reflect your needs. For instance, it is important that the names we generate comply exactly with your conventions, rather than being enforced. For that purpose we have provided the Naming Settings dialog a while ago, offering various naming options for the model on Class, Property and Field level. Now we are proud to present the new flexibility we have exposed for generating the names of the tables and columns in your database - the Database Names...

Have you reached a point in your application where you want to rewrite some portion of the code, change a public API or even switch to one of the third party components that are widely used today? It's very likely that you've bumped into this wall like most of the developers out there and you know that usually a comprehensive evaluation of the pros and cons of the switch is required to ensure the same improvement can't be achieved with some small tweaks in the existing solution. Either way, you might end up fighting with strange issues and spending tons of time...