Release

The Q3 2009 SP2 of RadControls for Silverlight and RadControls for WPF has just been released and the files are available for download under the users' accounts - both trial and dev versions. Full Release notes can be read at: RadControls for Silverlight Q3 2009 SP2 Release Notes RadControls for WPF Q3 2009 SP2 Release Notes   You can also refer to our public RoadMaps for Q1 2010 about RadControls for Silverlight/WPF for more information about what is coming after this service pack release....

As usual, the next major update of the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX will be packed with exciting new features. Unfortunately, this means that some performance related optimizations will be left in the background, which is why I want to present one of them here. The Q1 2010 release will add a new property for the RadEditor's RadDialogOpener control - EnableTelerikManagers. When it set to true and you have a RadScriptManager or a RadStyleSheetManager on the page, the editor dialogs will start using these controls as well. The main benefit from the script and stylesheet managers is faster loading speed - due to less...

For those of you who are eagerly waiting to learn more about our Q1 2010 plans for new controls additions and enhancements - RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Q1 2010 Roadmap is already live on telerik.com and you can view it here: RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Roadmap Highlights: Two new controls - Filter control and Async Upload. Audio support for RadCaptcha RTF/PDF export/import and thumbnails functionality for RadEditor DetailsView, FormView and GridView styled by RadFormDecorator Filtering capability in RadGrid's header context menu, built-in GridRatingColumn Built-in filtering and FloatedTiles layout for RadListView Visual clue for non-visible appointments and advanced form improvements for RadScheduler. Public Q1 2010...

For the upcoming Q1 2010 we will mostly work on improving and further polishing our current offering. We will work in several major directions – Performance improvements, VS 2010/Blend Design-time support improvements, Themes and Animations improvements, new Documentation, Assemblies’ size optimizations, Silverlight 4 builds. We are aware that the major tasks mentioned above are highly critical for most of our users and we will be putting lots of efforts into meeting our customers’ expectations.  The full Roadmaps can be found at: RadControls for Silverlight RadControls for WPF In these Roadmaps we included not only tasks that will be fully completed during this quarter, but also other major initiatives, which we have already started and on...

Q2 and Q3 releases brought up support for commands usable in a similar way as the commanding mechanism from WPF. In a few points the Commanding mechanism provides several classes: RoutedCommand and RoutedUICommand – ICommand implementations, the second has a Text property ICommandSource – once an object implement it, it knows how to invoke a command, i.e. it receives Command, CommandParameter and CommandTarget properties. CommandBinding – maps the command logic to the command CommandManager – provides methods that register CommandBinding and InputBinding objects, add and remove command event handlers, and provides services for querying the status of a command. Creating a command Basically, we can implement the...