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    Q2 2011 Xaml Tools - RadRichTextBox

    Moving further into our discussion of controls as “tools” that we utilize, we want to take a look at RadRichTextBox and see just how it provides an amazing out-of-the-box rich text editing experience. One of the first questions we often hear when demoing this control to people is “That isn’t Word?”, meaning that our team has done a pretty good job of setting up the control to look and perform like everyone’s favorite Office document editing solution.  Now we can take a look at just how easy it is to get started with “This isn’t Word?” and some of the...
    May 27, 2021 4 min read
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    Q2 2011 Xaml Tools - RadImageEditor

    In our last post we were discussing the importance of good tools to developers and how they help us to perform tasks like testing, profiling, decompiling, and building applications more quickly.  Today I will take us a little further down this path as I explore one of the new ‘tools’ that we are offering in our Q2 2011 Xaml release – RadImageEditor. A Quick Note I had a few questions directed my way in regards to a line from the last post: “…as well as providing controls that are out-of-the-box “tools” to bring enhanced functionality to your applications.” Let me explain this a little further, as...
    May 27, 2021 4 min read
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    Office2010 skins now available for RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX

    As Q2 2011 official release is on its way we would like to share with you part of the visuals the AJAX teams have been working on lately: Office2010 Blue, Silver and Black skins       The Office2010 appearance is a natural continuation of the Outlook and Office2007 skins. It resembles Microsoft® Office® 2010 look and feel, bringing to the AJAX world the ultimate Office-like web experience. Unlike our Office2007 skin, which is available in Blue theme only, we are now releasing all three Office2010 variations. Making use of the distinctive colors and smooth gradients, just a scroll away – see the new Office2010...
    May 27, 2021 1 min read
  • People

    Join the Front Row at Q2'11 Release Webinar Week

    With the next major release just around the corner (expected in a few weeks’ time), we at Telerik are excited to announce that the registration for our traditional “What’s New” Webinar Week is now open. Book your seat for a series of live web events following the release date, during which Telerik’s Evangelists will show you how to make the most out of the cool new stuff we ship with Q2 2011. Attending the live webinars kicking off July 18 gives you the chance to not only have your questions answered in the Q&A sessions, but to also win a...
    May 27, 2021 3 min read
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    SP1 of Telerik Reporting Q1 2011 Available; Brings Improved Performance in Silverlight and WPF

    Yesterday we dropped a new minor version of Telerik Reporting Q1 2011. Among the plentiful fixes, you will find some important improvements, aided to improve the overall operation of the product, both in design time and run time. Performance Improvements in Rendering Silverlight and WPF Reports The XAML rendering extension now uses a new lightweight mechanism that overcomes issues related to highly concurrent multi-threading applications. The new XAML rendering removes the STA thread requirement when generating Silverlight and WPF reports, which leads to improved performance and optimized server resources. The new rendering aims at improving the rendering speed of large SL and...
    May 27, 2021 1 min read