Release

At a special Firestarter event (part of which was and Telerik with the new Silverlight client for Facebook called "f!acedeck"), Microsoft unveiled what the next version of Silverlight will include. All I can say is that it will be a huge release - both in terms of easing the developer lives and for enabling even more rich user experiences (in-the-browser and especially out-of-browser). We can divide the new features that are coming in the runtime in two categories - 1) new media features and 2) features that are focused towards business application development. New Media features Hardware Decode and presentation of H.264 improve performance for lower-power devices to render...

Back in Q2 we released a beta version of the OpenAccess Fluent Mapping API and since have been constantly working on improving the experience based on the feedback that we got from our early adopters. While the API is still in beta it is much more mature and already provides most of the functionality provided by the visual designer. Today we will try and get familiar with some of the changes and improvements to the API that have taken place in the Q2 to Q3 timeframe. First of all we decided that some of the existing API  members should be changed....

Thank you to everyone who attended the Q3 2010 What's New in RadControls for WinForms & Telerik Reporting webinar! I hope everyone enjoyed learning about all of the great new features. I've provided a link to the demo application I used throughout the webinar below.  Please note: Some of the demos contain app.config files w/connection strings that you may need to update to point to your database. Requirements: RadControls for WinForms (Q3 2010) Telerik Reporting (Q3 2010) OpenAccess ORM (Q3 2010) SQL Server 2008 w/AdventureWorks Database Download: Trial Versions of Telerik Products Q3 2010 WinForms & Reporting Webinar Demos Watch the Webinar: Watch it...

Successful synchronization in TeamPulse depends on stories and tasks having a workflow (statuses and transitions) that matches the workflow of the Team Foundation Server (TFS) work item type they are mapped to. If your TeamPulse project was created with the “TeamPulse” project template, there is no out-of-the-box TFS process template that will allow you to easily synchronize your TeamPulse data with TFS. For this reason, the TeamPulse v1.0 TFS process template has been created. When to use it The TeamPulse v1.0 TFS process template should be used if both of the following conditions are met. 1. You have an existing ...

It has been a while since my last blog post on the topic but now that the Q3 2010 release is up and running, it is time to slow down a bit and restart my writing practice as well. The major highlight for the Data Visualization Team at Telerik for the past months was improving (enabling) the development of real-world business dashboard scenarios with the controls part of the RadControls suite. My colleague Vladimir already blogged about one of our newest additions (the RadSparkline set of controls) and we will be introducing RadBulletGraph in greater detail shortly as well but today I will focus your...