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    RadColorPicker for Silverlight

     With the upcoming release of RadControls for Silverlight Q1 2009 we are announcing a new set of color controls: RadColorPicker, RadColorSelector and RadColorPaletteView for Silverlight.  RadColorPicker is very useful in a lot of business application where a color component is needed. The control that we are building has support for the most commonly used color functionality .             Here are the top 5 features:     -  25 Preset Color Palettes : to speed up your work RadColorPicker is shipped with 25 ready-to-use color palettes like Grayscale, Web216, ReallyWebSafe, Office, etc.     -  Custom Color Palettes: You can easily define your custom colors and set them...
    February 10, 2009
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    RadTips, Episode 13: Using Declarative Client-Side Databinding in the RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX, Part 1

    I’m happy to announce another episode of RadTips, a series of screencasts offering tips and tricks for using Telerik's RadControls. If you've missed previous episodes, be sure to check them out. Each is only a few minutes long and covers a specific feature of the RadControls. Here is a list of the last few episodes... Customizing Templates in the RadScheduler for ASP.NET AJAX  Spell-Checking with the RadSpell for ASP.NET AJAX Add an 'Export to PDF' Button to the RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX Customizing the Look of the RadAjaxLoadingPanel for ASP.NET AJAX Sharing Toolbars with the RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX If you’re interested in these and...
    February 10, 2009
  • Web

    Masked TextBox control for Silverlight and WPF

    The next release from Telerik is on its way and in the next couple of days we will announce here what we have been working on, and what you can expect. Your feedback on the feature list of the controls is very important right now - we are on the final road, but there is still a time for a slight modifications and tweaks in the controls. If you see something that we have missed just let us know. First of the controls that we are announcing is the Rad Masked TextBox for Silverlight and WPF. This is one of the controls that is so common, that you...
    February 09, 2009
  • Web jQuery

    Chainability (The Magic of jQuery)

    This article is taken from How jQuery Works.   jQuery uses an interesting concept called a "Builder" to make its code short and simple. The Builder pattern is an object-oriented programming design pattern that has been gaining popularity. In a nutshell: Every method within jQuery returns the query object itself, allowing you to 'chain' upon it, for example: $("a") .filter(".clickme") .click(function(){ alert("You are now leaving the site."); }) .end() .filter(".hideme") .click(function(){ $(this).hide(); ...
    February 07, 2009
  • Web

    The many localizations of RadEditor and RadSpell

    Did you know that there over 25 localized versions of RadSpell's dictionaries (30, to be exact)? Did you know there are over 10 localizations of RadEditor? When you're building a global site, you often need to support a number of languages, and thanks to Telerik's outstanding community, we are able to offer a huge range of localizations for the RadControls- especially those controls which depend heavily on localized strings. Not all controls require localizations- a RadSlider or ColorPicker, for example, communicate their UI without any built-in strings. Even controls like RadGrid don't have much need for localization. Other controls- like...
    February 06, 2009