Telerik blogs
  • Desktop WinForms

    RadGridView's Serialization Made Easy (WinForms)

    Hello to all! My name is Deyan and I am a new member of the Telerik WinForms Team. In my first blog post I will talk about the RadGridView’s Serialization API and will shortly explain some fundamentals that would help you understand how to utilize it. In case of further interest on this topic, I have prepared a KB article and a demo application to demonstrate different serialization scenarios using the API. The default serialization settings imply that all visible properties are stored in the XML output. In cases when you want to only store some simple layout settings without paying attention to...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
  • People

    Free webinar on RadGridView for WPF on February 5

    We are happy to invite you to the second session of the free Telerik webinar series that will take place every Thursday at 11:00 am EST. This week’s session will be presented by Telerik Evangelist John Kellar, who will introduce you to the powerful RadGridView for WPF. Built from the ground-up to take advantage of the WPF platform and the .NET 3.5 framework, RadGridView for WPF represents the next generation in flexible data presentation controls you need to build powerful line of business applications. In this session, John will provide an overview of RadGridView and help you understand all of its capabilities....
    May 27, 2021 1 min read
  • Release

    Telerik Reporting 101 Webinar Rescheduled for Tuesday, 2/3

    Once again, apologies to the 700+  people who've registered for the Telerik Reporting 101 webinar scheduled for last Thursday, January 29. Our presenter, Kevin Babcock, became suddenly ill and we had to cancel the webcast shortly before its scheduled start time. The good news is that Kevin feels much better and has rescheduled the webinar for Tuesday, February 3; 11:00am-12:00pm EST (4:00pm-5:00 GMT). Please note, you need to register again even if you had already signed up for the cancelled webinar! In case you can't make it tomorrow, there will be a recorded version available shortly after the webinar, and of course Kevin will...
    May 27, 2021 1 min read
  • People

    RadControls Nominated for the Industry "Oscars"

    We are happy to share with you the good news that RadControls (ASP.NET AJAX, WinForms, Silverlight, and WPF) have been nominated as finalist in the "Libraries, Frameworks and Components" category in the 19th Annual Software Development Jolt Product Excellence Awards. Known as the “Oscars” of our industry, the Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards are presented annually to showcase products that have "jolted" the industry with their significance and made the task of creating software faster, easier, and more efficient. RadControls were selected as a finalist among nearly 300 qualified nominations that were submitted online. In the next round...
    March 11, 2025 1 min read
  • Desktop WinForms

    Quickly Formatting Data with the RadGridView for WinForms

    Most developers have encountered a need at some point to modify how data is displayed to the user.  The RadGridView offers a very straightforward way to format data without having to modify the source data.  For example, you may not want the time displayed with a DateTime field, or you want to change the structure of the data to meet an internal standard.  The screenshot below shows three different fields which display the default DateTime format. This may be valid data, but it may not be useful to the user and we could potentially save screen real estate by eliminating...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read