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  • People

    Free RadWebinar on RadGridView for WinForms Tomorrow

    In case you have not yet registered for the new episode of the RadWebinar series on RadGridView for WinForms, this is your last chance! The free two-hour session will demonstrate how to use the RadGridView for WinForms component, including connecting to a database to display and edit data, column types, high-performance binding features, etc... It will be taught by Lino Tadros, President and CEO of Falafel Software. The webinar will be conducted at GoToWebinar, and will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, October 1, 12:30pm—2:30pm EDT. Full details about the registration, along with the webinar materials and phone number to dial in, will be sent to all registered attendees before...
    September 30, 2008 1 min read
  • Desktop WinForms

    Build a slideshow with RadChart and RadRotator for WinForms in minutes

    Last week we got an interesting request from a customer of ours – he wanted to add several RadCharts in the RadRotator control and to implement custom slideshow. The idea was so appealing that I decided to shoot a quick blog about it. We already have similar image slideshows and I must say it is a pretty cool way to give your WinForms app a modern style and appeal: http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/submission/b311D-bdhadm.aspx Even though it is very easy to add RadChart directly to the rotator (by using RadHostItem), RadRotator performs much better with images and/or other windowless RadItems. This is why...
    September 09, 2008 1 min read
  • Desktop WinForms

    Could a WinForms app get any slicker?

    It's finally out! As promised, we compiled this cool demo that uses a very simple but slick carousel UI. Now you can just give it a spin! The download contains updated versions of several other Telerik Windows Forms demos that we have recently added to our portfolio, such as a RadGridView exporting demo, which features our great Telerik.Reporting solution: I'll be very glad to have your feedback on this. Have fun!...
    August 25, 2008 1 min read
  • People

    Visual Style Builder Survey

    Once again, I am excited to announce the start of a new initiative to improve the user experience with skinning the Telerik controls. We are starting work on a new Visual Style Builder application for the ASP.NET AJAX Controls and a major upgrade of the existing application for the WinForms Controls. The Visual Style Builder will allow easy, point-and-click customization of component skins, eliminating the need to get acquainted with the front-end structure of the controls. The Visual Style Builder will also speed up development of skins across several components - you will be able to define a style once and...
    July 28, 2008 2 min read
  • Desktop WinForms

    RadControls for WinForms gaining more speed

    …Or how you should manage predefined themes in Q2 2008 As mentioned previously, RadControls for WinForms is the only WinForms suite which provides WPF-like effects on the classic Windows Forms platform. This has its challenges, because the Windows Forms platform was not build with such rich visualization in mind. For example, performance suffers if too many elements are animated on the form; the form/application start up time increases with too many visual elements on the form, etc. It is our job to try and find ways to keep these times at a minimum, but keep the same rich functionality and dazzling...
    July 25, 2008 2 min read