Web: ASP.NET AJAX

One of the new controls we added to the Q3 2009 RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX suite is RadRating. Even though this is the first release of the rating control, we made sure that it is packed full of excellent features and it has the same quality you have come to expect from the Telerik ASP.NET suite - cool skins, wide cross browser support, automated tests, and more.   You can see all of the control's features on its overview page, but I will list some of the major ones here as well: whole item/half item/exact precision; four possible orientations; customizable number of...

Sometimes the default spellchecking algorithms in RadSpell are not providing the best possible suggestions for misspelled words. For example, the phonetic algorithm works best with English words, but is not very accurate with Russian. The edit distance algorithm is language independent, but will not recognize easy mistakes if the word spelling is not very similar to the original. Unfortunately, implementing your own custom algorithm for a specific language is not an easy task. The latest Q3 2009 release of the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX features a new example for RadSpell, which shows how to use an existing service provided by...

The default content provider, that ships with the editor and file explorer controls will only work with files in the current web application. Naturally, there are scenarios where you wish to show files that are not physically in the application folder. The provider model allows you to do just that - you can either customize the existing provider (FileSystemContentProvider) or write a completely new one (FileBrowserContentProvider). We recently went through the forums and noted what custom providers are most frequently used with the RadEditor and RadFileExplorer controls. After that we created sample providers for those scenarios and posted them as support...

Did you hear the bells and whistles which accompanied the public Q3 2009 Beta release of RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX? If not, I think it is time to explore it and get acquainted with the new controls/features that we will be introducing for the official Q3 2009 release expected in the first week of November. One of the new controls that I encourage you to play with is RadListView for ASP.NET AJAX. If you allow me to quote one of our clients who already gave the Q3 2009 Beta a spin, it is "something like a rotator on steroids" which allows you...

It is our pleasure to bring you the Q3 BETA of RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX. We are introducing three new controls: RadListView, RadRating and RadSiteMap as well as many other improvements throughout the whole suite. Full details on the new release are available in the Beta Forum as well as Telerik Labs. Check the online demos and download the Beta from your account (or free trial). Enjoy and let us know of your feedback!