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  • Mobile

    Windows 8 & Data Binding. Part 5–Binding to Lists

    In Part 4 of this mini-series on data binding we looked at Data Conversion.  Today we look at binding a UI Element to a list of objects. The trick in binding to a list, is to teach the control how to display the bound data. It needs to know how to display each object in the list – what properties of the object should be displayed and how should they appear? You do this most often with a DataTemplate – a template that will be reproduced for each member of the collection. In the next example we create an Employee class. Each Employee...
    August 22, 2012
  • Mobile

    Creating a Bar Chart with RadCartesianChart, part of Telerik Windows 8 UI Controls

    In an earlier blog post I reviewed how to create a line chart using RadChart for Metro. In this blog post I will review how to create a bar chart, and no doubt you will notice some striking similarities. All of this is done with the Telerik Windows 8 UI Controls. We’ll begin with the data.  Our bar chart will compare revenues for five stores. [ Click on the image to see full size ] Our first class will define the StoreRevenue type and will have a static method to generate some sample data (normally, of course, you would get this data from a...
    August 20, 2012
  • Mobile

    Our Windows Phone Customers’ Apps that Rule the Marketplace

    All eyes are on the upcoming new Windows Phone device by Nokia in September as well as the release of Windows Phone 8, since they’ll open up new horizons for Windows Phone developers and their apps. Meanwhile, we follow with excitement the success of our customers’ apps. Our Showcase Gallery has more than 200 featured apps, many of which take top positions on the marketplace. So we decided to show them off. Check out which apps built with Telerik Windows Phone UI controls rule the marketplace.
    August 20, 2012