Release

There has been a fair share of speculation and rumors around the upcoming Build conference lately, nobody can deny that. As of writing this blog post (Thursday, September 8th) Microsoft has managed to sell out a conference only just recently letting attendees know that there will in fact be two keynotes, Big Picture Sessions, and a few get-togethers. Folks are excited, excited about Windows development, and this is a good thing for everyone. Yup, that’s right—a Silverlight MVP is excited about what comes next. “Why?” You ask. Well, because I work with some very smart people. “Who?”...

In our official major release Q2 2011 we introduced several new controls - RadPropertyGrid, RadListView and RadRichTextBox (Beta) - which nicely complemented the suite and responded to your requests. Now it is time to look towards the next major release: Q3 2011 (expected mid-Fall). We believe that it is not only important to introduce new controls as we did in Q2, but to constantly improve the existing ones. Therefore, Q3 2011 will focus on improvements and new features in our existing code base. Here are just a few of the many improvements that are about to come: RadGridView. Two new highly requested editors will allow the end...

A month and a half after yet another great release of RadControls for WinForms, we are happy to announce the availability of Q2 2011 Service Pack 1. This service pack comes with a bunch of cool improvements and fixes throughout the whole WinForms suite. Among the highlights of this release are several new features that set RadRichTextBox (Beta) closer to its official version. In Q2 2011 SP1 you will find support for hyperlinks and bookmarks as well as support for tables. Your end-users will also be able to export pages as images. See Q2 2011 Service Pack 1 Release Notes for more information about...

It has been more than a month since the Silverlight and WinForms teams added Metro themes to their suites and it seems that the interest in their light and clean design is constantly rising. Our reply to this enthusiasm is a new fresh metro skin for RadControls for WinForms flavoured in white and blue. The theme file is already available under the WinForms category in the Skin Sharing Portal and it will be included our next major release Q3 2011. Don’t forget that sharing your custom theme in the Skin Sharing Portal can win you a $200 ThinkGeek Gift Card....

We are happy to announce that we have just released the new version of our agile project management tool TeamPulse. With it we are introducing some great new features that make release planning and work item management as simple as possible. In R2 2011 you will also find a number of functionalities that will improve team collaboration and help you focus on what’s most important. Let’s take a quick look. Backlog Management The new Backlog management feature lets you view and organize all work items, like user stories, bugs, issues, and risks from a single place. In this view you ...