We are happy to announce the first CTP version of the latest addition to our WPF suite: RadRichTextBox. RadRichTextBox was initially developed in Silverlight, but in response to numerous customer requests and following the tradition of keeping our WPF and Silverlight suites in sync, we are doing our best to provide a WPF version as soon as possible – so expect the first beta around the end of February, and a public release along with Q1 2011 – around the end of March 2011. You can check out our ClickOnce demo (for .NET 4.0 or for .NET 3.5 SP1) – assure you are...

With this blog post I want to cover the very basics of our brand new RadScheduleView control. It is currently available only for WPF, but soon we will provide a Silverlight version. Please, check my FAQ about RadScheduleView blog post for more information: http://blogs.telerik.com/valerihristov/posts/10-10-25/telerik_scheduleview_for_silverlight_wpf_questions_and_answers.aspx   To add RadScheduleView to a new or existing application you need to first add references to the following assemblies Telerik.Windows.Controls Telerik.Windows.Data Telerik.Windows.Controls.Input Telerik.Windows.Controls.Navigation Telerik.Windows.Controls.ScheduleView   If you like to drag controls from the Visual Studio Toolbox, add RadScheduleView to the Toolbox following the instructions below (in the official release it will be automatically added when you install RadControls): http://www.telerik.com/help/wpf/installation-adding-to-vs-2008-toolbox-wpf.html   I am a fan of the manual...

With the Q3 2010 release approaching, we stay true to our tradition to reveal in advance details about the most exciting additions and improvements across all product lines. The first blog of the series to follow is dedicated to the WPF suite. Do not forget to check the Marketing team blog regularly in the next weeks to learn what’s cooking in the other products’ offerings as well. The spotlight of the Q3 2010 release for RadControls for WPF falls on a brand new scheduling component. The RadScheduleView goes beyond the standard Microsoft Outlook-style control, empowering end users with unprecedented control over...

It is a great pleasure for me to share an exciting news with you. As of today we are opening the source code of Bookvar mind mapping tool. You can find the source on Codeplex right next to other open source initiatives of ours, like Telerik MVC Extensions and CAB Enabling Kit for WinForms. A few caveats about the source code There are a few things that you need to know about the source code: Most of the code was written when we were quite new to WPF and we were pioneering all those concepts. Looking back at that time I realize there are things that...

For my first blog post I’m going to present a little pet project inspired by requests from some of our customers. And so, without further ado: The Breadcrumb is a simple control that analyzes the type of the collection found in the RadGridView’s ItemsSource property and automatically resolves data hierarchies. Usage is pretty straight-forward. Place the control anywhere you like and then connect it to the RadGridView, all in XAML. Example: <bread:Breadcrumb Grid.Row="0" Margin="5" SourceGridView="{Binding ElementName=radGrid}"/> The logic behind the type analysis algorithm is simple: represent every collection as a generic IEnumerable<> and get the type of the generic argument. So if you have an array of...