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    Are you LINQed?

    As you may probably know, since the middle of September last year, RadGrid for ASP.NET provides native and codeless support  for LinqDataSource. You can edit, update, delete and insert records without a single line of code. Furthermore, since the beginning of this year we added codeless hierarchy support - as a result RadGrid for ASP.NET has become the first ASP.NET DataGrid on the market with native LINQ support. With the newly released RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX we moved our LINQ support to the next level and now the grid will perform all operations like sorting, filtering, paging, etc. using pure LINQ to Objects internally -...
  • Web

    Increasing the compression ratio of the XAP files

    Today I was hacking around with a Silverlight application and decided to check if it is possible to recompress its XAP file in order to save some bytes. As you might already know, the XAP files are just renamed ZIP files and you can open and view their contents with almost any archiver. I created a simple batch file that extracts an archive to a temp folder, deletes it and then compresses the extracted files into a new archive with the same name as the original (I am using the open source archiver 7-Zip, which was installed in its default location): @if...
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    New online resources for the past three weeks (04/14/2008 - 05/04/2008)

     Below is a summary of the new online resources available for our ASP.NET controls/WinForm controls: ASP.NET New major release (Q1 2008) with numerous new features/enhancements for the entire RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX suite: http://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/release-history.aspx http://www.telerik.com/DEMOS/ASPNET/Prometheus/Controls/Examples/Default/DefaultCS.aspx (new online demos) http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/introduction.html (brand new online help application) http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/default.aspx (ASP.NET AJAX versions for code library projects posted by Telerik members) http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/home.aspx (ASP.NET AJAX versions for all active knowledge base articles) RadGrid HELP: OnRowDragStarted/OnRowDropping/OnRowDropped articles (will be uploaded shortly)
  • Web ASP.NET MVC

    Introduction to ASP.NET MVC – slides and demo project

    I had a presentation last week at MS DevDays Bulgaria and I thought I’d share it with you. I was very excited and somewhat nervous - this was my first presentation ever. Nervousness aside, the feeling cannot be compared to anything else – I was glad there are so much people out there who are curious about the topic I’m interested in. It’s a kind of a win-win situation, where the attendees learn something new or see the things from another person’s point of view and the presenter learns even more on the topic from the questions the audience asks. Back to the...
    April 30, 2008
  • Web

    History Enabled Script Manager and Silverlight

    A.k.a Deep Linking in Silverlight Undoubtedly Silverlight offers a myriad of useful features that can enhance the user and development experience – Binding, Multithreading, Layout System, Animations to name a few. But the fact that it is in essence a browser plug-in leads to certain limitations or “hurdles” for the user experience. Deep Linking? Why? One such thing is the lack of Deep Linking, i.e. the browser’s address bar contains the starting page for the application but any change in its state is not reflected in the address. Some people argue that there is difference between Web Applications and Web Pages and while the...
    April 30, 2008