Web: ASP.NET AJAX

The Q2 2011 release of the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX brings in two novelties in regard to the skins organization: New skins assembly is introduced (Telerik.Web.UI.Skins) The “skins chooser” is reworked and is much more friendly   What is Default Skin?   The default skin is declared in the web.config file of the project. This is the global site-wide skin to be used by the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX. However it can be overwritten by each control via its Skin property or by the whole page by using the RadSkinManager.   What is Telerik.Web.UI.Skins?   The Telerik.Web.UI.Skins is an assembly that contains some new skins. The old skins...

The Q2 2011 release is already in sight and bringing along some new features and fair improvements for the TelerikSPRadGrid Web Part. Faster Data-Binding to SharePoint Lists SPRadGrid’s data-binding to SharePoint Lists has been completely reworked to take advantage of the Dynamic Linq library and the SharePoint Collaborative Markup Language. SPRadGrid’s filtering and sorting expressions are now converted into CAML queries to produce quicker data retrieval whereas the paging operations have been re-tailored along the lines of RadGrid’s custom paging so that no uncalled-for data is pulled from the underlying data store. All of this call-up information is used to produce...

With the growing number of Telerik AJAX controls getting more and more with each subsequent release, it is gradually harder for the developers who are expending them to locate a certain control under a single Visual Studio ToolBox group. Which naturally leads us to the isolation of a separate toolbox groups based on the type and usage of the components. Starting Q2 2011, you will find the following ten VS 2008/2010 Toolbox groups for our AJAX components when you install them from the automated package (unless, of course, you canceled the automatic Telerik AJAX toolbox configuration action due to some valid...

Telerik’s partner Falafel Software is organizing a 3-day training class demonstrating how to create websites using major Telerik ASP.NET AJAX controls. If you are willing to learn RadControls from the ground up and see in action key techniques for making the most out of them, this class is just the right thing for you. The sessions will demonstrate how RadControls are configured declaratively - both in the markup and in the visual designer, as well as programmatically - in code-behind and client-side scripts. You will also learn to data bind RadControls using industry standard data sources and use templates to...

This blog post will show how to integrate the RadFileExplorer control for ASP.NET AJAX to work with SharePoint 2010 libraries. If you need a version for MOSS 2007, take a look at this earlier post. By default, the control interfaces with a virtual folder in your web application and allows you to do all kinds of file/folder operations (create new folders, upload/move/delete/rename items, preview, etc.). The default behavior of the control is limited to virtual folders that can be mapped to physical locations on the server's drives. SharePoint web applications use libraries to store documents/images and these libraries are only available from the SharePoint...