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RadControls "Prometheus" can be easily configured to use ASP.Net 2.0 Themes the same way you would do for the ordinary ASP.Net controls. A chosen theme can be shared among multiple controls and pages and thus make group re-configuration extremely easy. You can see the following video which demonstrates how to configure RadEditor, RadWindow and RadCalendar "Prometheus" controls to use the WebBlue skin from a Theme: Setting Appearance Using Themes.

by Rumen Jekov

October 24, 2007 1 min read Share

Although many of you are probably familiar with this project from the code library section on our site, I thought it is worth the effort to demonstrate once again in public how easily (with literally zero lines of code) you can configure RadGrid to perform automatic data-editing operations and refresh the data in the database directly. The video I have prepared for this purpose is available in this section on our site, below is the direct link: http://www.telerik.com/ClientsFiles/product.videos/32/ On a side note, for Martin and all the others who had problems with the screen size of the Excel-like filtering video posted before, I am pleased to...

The Localization of the new RadEditor "Prometheus" now works with resource files and not with XML files as before. This change was made as resources represent the standard ASP.NET 2.0 mechanism for doing this with extensive built-in support in Visual Studio. As a result, it is a much easier approach for the developer in creating or changing a localization. Another major advantage of this is it is also much easier to deploy and maintain. The following movie, available at http://www.telerik.com/ClientsFiles/product.videos/30/, provides guidance how to make your own localizations by using global resource files. More information is also available in the following forum sticky note: Localizing RadEditor by Using Global Resource...

Every once in a while I see code which looks like that:public class MyCustomControl : WebControl{     protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter output)     {          SomeControl someControl = new SomeControl ();          someControl.ID = "SomeID";          someControl.SomeProperty = "SomeValue";          someControl.RenderControl(output);    }}There are two problems with this code: The child control is instantiated in the Render methodFrom control execution lifecycle’s point of view it is too late to instantiate controls in the Render method. Even if you add them in the controls collection some features won’t work just because it’s too late – postbacks, viewstate to name a few. The child control is never added to the controls collection. This means...

With the Q2 release, we have decided it is time to refresh the look and feel of RadControls components to stay on the edge of the latest trends in visual design for the web. And ever since Vista, black is the new white… so we just had to join in with a trendy new theme for the default skins of our controls. The Q2 2007 skin sports a modern black twist, improved contrast, and larger font-sizes/more generous white space for a touch of web2.0 in your applications. While we ardently urge everyone to switch to the new look, we do...