Telerik blogs
  • Release

    Expression Blend for WinForms? We are almost there!

    As Q1 2010 is approaching we thought it would be a good idea to tell you where we are currently with our new Visual Style Builder (VSB) for Windows Forms. After several months of hard work we are almost done with an application, which may be easily described as Expression Blend, but for Windows Forms. The most important aspect of the new VSB is that it will decrease the amount of time needed to create or tweak themes from days to hours, and even minutes! We have considerably simplified the work flow to allow you to focus on more important things,...
    February 03, 2010
  • Release

    What's new in SP1 of Telerik Reporting Q3 2009

    We are very excited to announce the availability of Telerik Reporting Q3 2009 SP1. Highlights: Full VS2010/.NET4 Support Following Telerik’s relentless pursuit to support the latest technologies, we have bettered Telerik Reporting to support VS2010. The SP1 installer adds all Reporting Items in the VS2010 toolbox, the design-time experience is the same as in VS2005/2008, and full support for the .NETFX 4.0 Client Profile has been added. The Silverlight Viewer gets the much requested parameter support, SSL support, and custom bindings for the Report Service Client. You can also change its skin by using the RadControls for Silverlight themes. We even had time to update...
    December 15, 2009
  • Desktop WPF

    Change the Office Black theme to support multiple Linear Scales using Expression Blend

    I recently posted an entry regarding the Radial Gauge for WPF where I demonstrated how you can create a half circle gauge.  Not long after that post, I received a question asking about Linear Gauges and how to use multiple scales in a single Linear Gauge.  It is not that there is a functional difference, but rather a visual difference.  The Office Black theme (shown below) has a border area in the middle where the linear gauges were overlapping causing a visual collision.  There are a number of ways that you can accomplish a task and I think one of...
    April 09, 2009
  • People

    Skin Exchange Contest Winners

    Our Community Skin Contest is over! A big thank you goes to all members who generously shared their skins with the rest of the community. The winners of the Skin Exchange Contest, as voted by our community, are:1st place - an Xbox and a free RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX + WinForms + Telerik Reporting license goes to Daniel Jonsson in Iceland for his D1040 RadControls Common Skin. 2nd place and a free RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX + WinForms + Telerik Reporting license goes to Miglena Nikolova from Bulgaria for her RadMenu Shade Skin.3rd place and a free RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX license...
    September 15, 2008
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    50% more ASP.NET skins

      A big thank you guys! Tribute to the generosity of you, our community, we now have 50% more skins available for the telerik ASP.NET components. Check out the latest additions in our Skins Exchange Program and feel free to download a copy for your project. Also, don’t forget to vote for your favorite community skin – we have an Xbox and free RadControls licenses waiting for the winners. Voting will close on September, 15th. Once again, I would like to express our enormous gratitude to everyone who took the time to contribute their custom-made skins to the program. What started as a...
    September 05, 2008