Release

The title is a mouthful, but it says it all. RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Q1 2008 SP2 just went live this evening. This release packs quite a punch so be sure to check it out. Here's the quick-and-dirty about the big new items: Firefox 3.0 and Opera 9.5 compatibility across the board RadChart - A new property, GroupNameFormat, provides the ability to control the series names in grouped databound charts. There is also zooming and scrolling functionality for any set of series containing at least one line or area series. RadComboBox - A new FooterTemplate has been added so you can create your own...

Lately, we have been preparing a sample application showing the usage of our RadControls for Silverlight 2 in a real life scenario.  Finally, we are able to make this application public and let you experience the flexibility of our controls. We have just uploaded the demo at: SnowBoard Online Store You can also access the example from our RadControls for Silverlight - Overview page by clicking on the banner residing in the bottom-right corner. We tried to show all the flexibility and interoperability between our controls by combining them into a fully-functional and flashy online store for snowboards. This is the place to thank to...

Hey everyone. The other day, I was responding to requests for more information on how to use the new RadForm, and I felt like we’re not being proactive enough in showcasing what our product has to offer. I’d love our customers to use our product to their maximum advantage, and I realize we have an important role to play to facilitate that. In this respect, I’d like to say a few words about one of our newest additions to the control suite – RadForm. RadForm is an alternative to the standard Windows form. It offers you all the standard form functionality...

I visited DevConnections in Orlando about a month ago. There my colleague Todd Anglin and I held a vendor session called "Developing Rich, Responsive Applications using Telerik RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX". My team had prepared a demo for the vendor session - and we have 3 major goals when we started implementing it: We wanted to keep the code to a minimum (which I think we managed quite nicely). Most of the about 200 lines of server code are related to database queries, and the client-side only uses about 40 lines of code. We wanted it to be real life and do...

One particularly astute reader of my previous blog post noted that we must be up to something big doing 3D controls research. Well, I am now at liberty to say that he was completely right! What he didn’t know, however, was where exactly all this research was headed. It is with a great pleasure I announce today that we have been working for some time now on a new charting component for our WPF suite. It will officially by known as RadChart for WPF. This will be a feature rich chart offering with full-fledged 2D and 3D support. As all...