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    Shortcut on Silverlight 1.1

    Here at Telerik we are constantly working with the new cutting edge technologies. As Silverlight 1.1 alpha hit the road we were keen to research all the new things we can do with this new technology ... But there was one little problem - the lack of help and documentation. Our experience with WPF help us a lot to get into the new technology, but Silverlight is a new platform and it has its differences from WPF. So when we were contacted by the O'Reilly to write a book for Silverlight 1.1 we decided that this will be a very good opportunity...
    October 17, 2007 2 min read
  • Release

    Silverlight Game for Q2 Release

    While working on the second release for 2007, Telerik decided to surprise its clients by creating a Silverlight game. The idea was simple. A registered user enters his or her weight and logs in. This weight contributes to the common goal which is to lift what is on the other side of the rope.  The game was developed using Silverlight 1.1 Alpha Refresh. We had couple of concerns while developing it, though. First of all we did not know how many people have already installed the 1.1 plug-in. Also we were not sure if the current game was going to reach the popularity...
    September 18, 2007 2 min read
  • Web

    How to Change the Silverlight Installation Message

    NOTE: From the very beginning I would like to state that this custom solution is temporary and will most probably change with the next release of Silverlight Plug-In. There is no straightforward approach to changing the Silverlight Download logo. However, a workaround exists. 1) Download the modified TelerikSilverlight.js and add it to your project 2) Within the Default.aspx of your project, reference TelerikSilverlight.js <script type="text/javascript" src="TelerikSilverlight.js"></script> 3) Create a javascript function right bellow the previous line of code <script type="text/javascript">    function GetInstallHtml ()    {        var imgUrl = "http://www.telerik.com/images/editor/OverviewImages/SilverlightLogo.gif";        var myInstallHtml = 'This is my custom text<br/>' +                                         '<div style="width: 205px; height: 67px; background-color: #FFFFFF">' +                                             '<img onclick="javascript:Silverlight.followFWLink({0});"' +                                             'style="border:0;...
    September 10, 2007 1 min read
  • Release

    RadControls for Silverlight 1.0 Final Release

    Just hours after Microsoft announced the availability of the final version of Silverlight 1.0 (http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/09/04/silverlight-1-0-released-and-silverlight-for-linux-announced.aspx), Telerik made RadControls for Microsoft Silverlight officially available. Being the first vendor to offer third-party UI controls for Silverlight, Telerik is dedicated to closely follow the release schedule of Microsoft and roll-out its tools immediately after the respective updates/releases of the Silverlight framework. Telerik RadControls for Microsoft Silverlight are a new generation of UI controls for building Rich Interactive Applications based on Microsoft Silverlight 1.0. The product introduces the notion of control-based development, which is originally missing in the framework, and requires no JavaScript and XAML...
    September 06, 2007 1 min read
  • Web

    Microsoft Tafiti, a Showcase for Silverlight and an Experimental Search Service

    Microsoft has just released a new search service, called Tafiti. From the very beginning should be clarified that Tafiti is more of an example of what Silverlight is capable of rather than a real search engine product.  It is based on the 1.0 RC plug-in of Silverlight and uses the Live Search API, which means that you will get the same results as if you search in MSN or Live.Tafiti is rich, interactive and provides the user with some very nice features which the ordinary searches lack. As it name implies, Tafiti in Swahili means "do research".ShelfThe shelf is a space on the screen where you...
    August 24, 2007 2 min read