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    Q2’10 Pre-Release Series: Telerik Reporting Introduces Report Interactivity

    The Q2 2010 release will take report interactivity in Telerik Reporting to a whole new level. The new version of the tool will allow end-users to drill through reports and subreports, to jump to other sections in a report, and to go to external web URLs. We have managed to achieve this functionality through the use of smart hyperlinks. With its new version Telerik Reporting will also introduce two new Data Source components aimed at improving the tool’s integration with Telerik OpenAccess ORM and ADO.NET Entity Framework. The new Data Source Components will allow users to codelessly connect the data report items...
    July 13, 2010 2 min read
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    Q2’10 Pre-Release Series: Greater Productivity with OpenAccess ORM and Round-trip Mapping

    With Q2 2010 Telerik OpenAccess ORM will raise the standard for data access productivity with the introduction of Round-trip Mapping for the Visual Designer for OpenAccess ORM. This feature will free developers from the constraints of having to choose between “forward” and “reverse” mapping approaches when creating a project and not being able to change this afterwards. Currently there is no strong integration between the two approaches in OpenAccess ORM. With Round-trip Mapping developers will be able to seamlessly employ either approach by reverse-mapping an existing schema then updating it by simply modifying the model classes or adding new ones. Simply...
    July 12, 2010 2 min read
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    Domain Validation with Q2 2010 RadGrid and RadListView for ASP.NET AJAX

    As we all know, user input validation is one of the key concerns when developing various types of applications. Best practices and common sense suggest that validation rules should be kept as close to the business logic/domain model as possible. Fortunately, with the addition of Model Validation support with the Q2 2010 release of RadGrid and RadListView for ASP.NET AJAX, this is even easier than before. Please find attached a quick sample which illustrates this improvement in combination with RIA Services DomainValidator and DomainDataSource controls.     Have fun!...
    July 12, 2010 1 min read
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    Q2’10 Pre-Release Series: WinForms Suite Brings a Highly-optimized New Version of RadGridView

    The Q2 2010 release cannot do without several fresh additions and improvements in the WinForms toolbox. You can take a look at what the new version of the most widely used control in the toolset – RadGridView, has to offer. We’ve recognized the need to meet the endless demand for a supercharged, enterprise-oriented component that is able to work with large data sets and being flexible enough to perform operations like sorting, grouping, hierarchy and more, without sacrificing performance. Having that as a premise we have reworked our data grid so the end-users would enjoy a more robust and highly-optimized...
    July 09, 2010 3 min read
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    Q2’10 Pre-Release Series: JustCode adds Unit Test Runner

    Q2 2010 release enriches Telerik JustCode feature set with the much anticipated Unit Test Runner, which enables Unit Testing in Visual Studio. The tool will help you easily run, debug, filter and group tests. It supports MSTest, xUnit, NUnit and MbUnit testing frameworks. The Unit Test Runner automatically detects unit tests in your project and opens a Unit Test window, which provides a very intuitive UI.  Navigating through your tests is easy thanks to the filtering functionality - you can filter tests according to different criteria, such as failed, ignored, or search using a custom text filter. Test grouping and...
    July 08, 2010 2 min read