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  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    RadTips, Episode 13: Using Declarative Client-Side Databinding in the RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX, Part 1

    I’m happy to announce another episode of RadTips, a series of screencasts offering tips and tricks for using Telerik's RadControls. If you've missed previous episodes, be sure to check them out. Each is only a few minutes long and covers a specific feature of the RadControls. Here is a list of the last few episodes... Customizing Templates in the RadScheduler for ASP.NET AJAX  Spell-Checking with the RadSpell for ASP.NET AJAX Add an 'Export to PDF' Button to the RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX Customizing the Look of the RadAjaxLoadingPanel for ASP.NET AJAX Sharing Toolbars with the RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX If you’re interested in these and...
    May 27, 2021 1 min read
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    RadTips, Episode 12: Sharing Toolbars with the RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX

    I’m happy to announce another episode of RadTips, a series of screencasts offering tips and tricks for using Telerik's RadControls. If you've missed previous episodes, be sure to check them out. Each is only a few minutes long and covers a specific feature of the RadControls. Here is a list of the last few episodes... Customizing Appointments with Resources in the RadScheduler for ASP.NET AJAX  Customizing Templates in the RadScheduler for ASP.NET AJAX  Spell-Checking with the RadSpell for ASP.NET AJAX Add an 'Export to PDF' Button to the RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX Customizing the Look of the RadAjaxLoadingPanel for ASP.NET AJAX If you’re interested...
    May 27, 2021 1 min read
  • Web

    Optimization Tips: RadInput vs. RadInputManager

    In the Q3 2008 release, Telerik introduced a new control to the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX suite called RadInputManager. Like RadInput, it is designed to enable you to provided textboxes to your users that give real-time validation and feedback based on the entered text. The big difference with RadInputManager, though, is that you don't have to add lots of Telerik Input controls on your page to get this real-time feedback. Instead, you can quickly convert "standard" ASP.NET TextBoxes to RadInput textboxes via the RadInputManager configuration- similar to how you can use RadAjaxManager to quickly ajaxify your page without littering it with...
    May 27, 2021 6 min read
  • Web

    Optimization Tips: RadCompression Module

    Welcome back to the ongoing Optimization Tips series. It's been a while since the last installment, so it's high-time we took a look at more tips and tricks for optimizing your Telerik-powered web applications. In this the seventh article in this series, we'll take a look at Telerik's brand new RadCompression HttpModule and try to gain a deep understanding of how this tool can help improve application performance. Some of the concepts in this article build on things we've discussed in previous installments, so I encourage you to read the earlier articles before reading this if you have not already done so....
    May 27, 2021 6 min read
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    RadTreeView for ASP.NET Ajax - Optimizing Load On Demand performance

    In a previous blog post I mentioned that you should use WebService load on demand in order to squeeze the most performance from RadTreeView. In this post I will show a few other tricks which can be used to improve the loading time even further. All techniques are optional and can be used independently. We start with a simple page containing only a single RadTreeView control with one root node. The testing environment is: Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz. IIS7 web site Internet Explorer 7 Latest internal build of Telerik.Web.UI.dll (which will go live with the Q3 2008 release) Here...
    May 27, 2021 3 min read