Telerik blogs
  • Release

    Q1 WinForms Preview TODAY, New Visual Style Builder

    This week's weekly webinar is special. It will deliver one of your first "sneak peeks" at some of the new functionality shipping in the rapidly approaching Q1 2010 release (scheduled for mid-March). The Thursday Weekly Webinar will provide a complete overview of a brand new tool shipping with the RadControls for WinForms in Q1: the new Visual Style Builder for WinForms. The new Visual Style Builder is a completely new tool, not a minor upgrade of the old VSB for WinForms. It dramatically simplifies the process of creating custom themes for the RadControls for WinForms, and in so doing unlocks more of...
    February 25, 2010
  • Release

    WinForms Q1 2010 BETA -- NOW AVAILABLE

    It is our pleasure to announce the immediate availability of the Q1 2010 BETA of RadControls for WinForms. The downloads are now available in your account (or free trials) - look for the "Q1 2010 Beta Available" link under the RadControls for WinForms section.   Among the highlights are: New and improved Visual Style Builder. Check out the blog and the video; download the documentation New Timeline view for RadScheduler for WinForms New Visual Studio Extensions Visual Studio 2010 RC Support See full Beta details and check the release notes. We will expect your feedback through the RadControls for WinForms Beta Forum!...
    February 19, 2010
  • 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
  • Desktop WinForms

    Sales Dashboard Application for Windows Forms

    Shortly after the Q3 2009 release we developed the Sales Dashboard Application for Windows Forms - a composite business application for visualizing a company’s sales force performance. It is built with the Q3 2009 versions of Telerik’s WinForms components, RadChart for WPF, Telerik OpenAccess ORM, and implements the Telerik CAB Enabling Kit for WinForms, which helps in the development of smart-client line-of-business (LOB) applications. Since the interest in this application is still high, we felt the need to have a dedicated place to discuss this application. In case you have not played with it yet, download the source code, and enjoy!   Also check: Silverlight/WPF Sales...
    January 26, 2010
  • Release

    Q1 2010 Telerik RadControls for WinForms Roadmap

    The Q1 2010 release is approaching fast, and we are working overtime to deliver major new features into RadControls for WinForms. A brand new Visual Style Builder is on its way, as well as an updated and optimized GridView data layer, several new grid LOB features, and a new Timeline view for RadScheduler. The RadControls for WinForms Q1 2010 Roadmap is already live on telerik.com and you can view it here: RadControls for WinForms Roadmap Here is a brief overview of the most important improvements: Visual Style Builder (VSB) for WinForms The new version will dramatically reduce the time needed for creating themes for RadControls for...
    January 22, 2010