Telerik blogs
  • Desktop WinForms

    Data Binding with RadScheduler for WinForms

    RadScheduler for WinForms is highly customizable component that offers functionality similar to that of the Calendar included with MS Outlook. When working with RadScheduler, developers can easily bind data sources directly to it using an instance of SchedulerBindingDataSource. The provided data source can be in the form of a database or business objects. The only requirement is that the data source must conform to a specific structure and provide specific fields. Today, I will explain how to set up basic data binding in RadScheduler using SchedulerBindingDataSource and an Access database. The Base Application For this entry, it should be noted ...
    April 01, 2010
  • Productivity Reporting

    Report Books and Parameters with Telerik Reporting

    Telerik Reporting provides a simple, yet powerful, component called the ReportBook that allows multiple reports to be combined into one. Doing so makes displaying, printing, and exporting multiple reports a much simpler task for end users. Providing this type of functionality does leave one question though, "How are report parameters handled?" This entry will focus on providing the answers to that simple question. Click here to download the sample code so you can follow along. Creating a ReportBook ReportBooks are supported in all three environments the ReportViewer supports, WinForms, Silverlight, and ASP.NET. Adding a ReportBook to each of these environments is very similar. This example focuses on using a ReportBook with ...
    March 30, 2010
  • Productivity Testing

    Get to know Telerik WebUI Test Studio: Live Demo

    Join our webinar to get started with Telerik WebUI Test Studio and see how you can create automated tests in less than 15 minutes. The event will be about half an hour and will take place on Thursday, March 4th @ 11AM EST. We'll also be happy to answer all your questions after the demo. Register here>>
    March 03, 2010
  • Desktop WinForms

    Applying Themes at Runtime with the RadControls for WinForms

    When using applications, people generally enjoy personalizing their experience to some degree. Allowing your applications users to choose from a set of pre-defined custom themes is one way to accomplish this. Achieving this functionality is actually quite easy through the use of RadControls for WinForms. Today I am going to show you how. Please note that I am using the Q1 2010 beta of the RadControls for WinForms in this blog entry. Telerik Themes The default installation of RadControls for WinForms includes several pre-defined themes that you can use in your application. To begin using them, you simply need ...
    March 01, 2010
  • Desktop WinForms

    Styling Basics with Visual Style Builder for WinForms

    With the Q1 2010 Release of the RadControls for WinForms, we are bringing you a powerful new version of Visual Style Builder (VSB). This new version of VSB makes building themes a breeze with its new Theme Repositories feature. Today I thought I would spend some time going over the basics of VSB and its new system of Theme Repositories. Theme Repositories In previous versions of VSB, it was only possible to change theme properties on a per-element basis. This means that when building a theme, you actually had to select each individual element of every single control and ...
    March 01, 2010