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    Telerik Visual Studio Extensions Survey

      It has been several months since we have started actively using the Visual Studio Extensions to make the life of Telerik customers easier. We have been regularly introducing enhancements in the extensions and we’d love to hear your feedback on how helpful these are. Please take this survey to help us drive our efforts in the right direction. (500 Telerik points will be added to your account!) For those of you who have been using RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX and have not tried the features of the VS extensions package please do so now: Read More or Watch a ...
    May 27, 2021 1 min read
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    Create a SQL Azure CRUD Application with Telerik OpenAccess and the WCF Wizard

    digg_url = "http://www.stephenforte.net/PermaLink,guid,a7d16ce5-33d4-475b-bb5a-32d38c2a99b4.aspx";digg_title = "Create a SQL Azure CRUD Application with Telerik OpenAccess and the WCF Wizard";digg_bgcolor = "#FFFFFF";digg_skin = "normal";digg_url = undefined;digg_title = undefined;digg_bgcolor = undefined;digg_skin = undefined; Over the past few weeks I have showed how to use Telerik OpenAccess with the WCF Wizard. I think that this wizard is a crucial piece of technology since I hate to write plumbing code myself, it takes me too long and I usually make mistakes. I wish that SQL Azure would provide RESTful and WCF services wrapped around your database tables and views with just a check box in the Azure management page. But alas, I can dream. Until that day arrives, you will have to code the services yourself. So I decided to do it with OpenAccess and WCF (and of course the Wizard.) First you...
    May 27, 2021 8 min read
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    Filtering with string parameter that allows free user input

    As you probably know, Telerik Reporting comes with built-in parameters and filters. Report parameters allow users to specify or control the data used in a report. They are extremely powerful when used in expressions for filtering, sorting, grouping or even directly provide a value. When used with filters you can limit the number of records in a report based on specified filter rules. If the conditions of the rules are met, the record is included in the report.  Let's suppose we have a string parameter that allows free user input, wired up with a filter. This way the user has the freedom to type any word and the report would be filtered based on the parameter...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
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    Telerik OpenAccess WCF Wizard: How-to Video #6-Auto detection of OpenAccess Version

    digg_url = "http://www.stephenforte.net/PermaLink,guid,c2e16168-facc-4bdd-a86e-406b9367bdb8.aspx";digg_title = "Telerik OpenAccess WCF Wizard: How-to Video #6-Auto detection of OpenAccess Version";digg_bgcolor = "#FFFFFF";digg_skin = "normal";digg_url = undefined;digg_title = undefined;digg_bgcolor = undefined;digg_skin = undefined; As I showed yesterday, the new version of the Telerik OpenAccess WCF Wizard now allows you to work with any version of OpenAccess. Here is a video of how to do that by .NET Ninja in training Peter Bahaa. Telerik OpenAccess WCF Wizard: How-to Video #6-Auto detection of OpenAccess Version from Stephen Forte on Vimeo.
    May 27, 2021 1 min read
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    LINQ Tip of the week: System.DateTime support

    Continuing with the LINQ tips, today we provide a list of System.DateTime properties and methods that are supported by the Telerik OpenAccess ORM LINQ implementation. The table below provides the equivalent SQL function call for every member.   Please note that the table lists the MS SqlServer specific SQL translation.   Properties DateTime.Day DAY(date) DateTime.Hour DATEPART(hour, date) DateTime.Millisecond DATEPART(millisecond,date) DateTime.Minute DATEPART(minute, date) DateTime.Month MONTH(date) DateTime.Second DATEPART(second, date) DateTime.Year YEAR(date)   Static Methods DateTime.Parse(String) value is parsed on the client side and the result is pushed to the server as filter DateTime.Parse(String,IFormatProvider) value is parsed on the client side and the result is pushed to the server as filter DateTime.Parse(String,IFormatProvider,DateTimeStyles) value is parsed on the client side and the result is pushed to the server as filter   The various comparison operators...
    May 27, 2021 1 min read