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  • Web

    Simulating a layout transform for text in Silverlight 2.0

    The Telerik charting team is hard at work on making our WPF chart compatible with Silverlight. In the process we are faced with numerous limitations of SL. One of the more cunning problems I’ve faced was the fact that there are still no layout transforms available which leads to some wacky problems when you try to rotate text. Let’s assume a very simple layout consisting of a single grid with two columns, one with width=”auto”  and the other with width=”*”. The first column contains a string of text. Here is how it looks before any transforms are applied: <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="SkyBlue"> ...
    January 23, 2009
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    Paying Homage to the RadRotator for ASP.NET

    The RadRotator is a control that is easily overlooked in the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX suite. It is not one of the more compelling controls like the RadGrid or the RadEditor, but it certainly provides a key set of functionality that is important in order for Telerik to claim that our suite is the most complete ASP.NET AJAX suite on the market. I’d like to take some time to show you what we have done to make the RadRotator a control that makes it easy for you, dear developer, to add rich functionality to your web applications. Overview The RadRotator for ASP.NET AJAX is...
    January 22, 2009
  • Web

    Export to Word, Excel and Csv with RadGridView for Silverlight

    I’m happy to announce that with Q1 2009 version of RadControls for WPF and Silverlight you will be able to get the grid data in different formats using three extension methods: ToHtml(), ToText() and ToCsv(). I’ve made small demo to demonstrate how to use all these in a Silverlight web application for Word, Excel and Csv export: [Download]...
    January 22, 2009
  • Web

    Server-side paging, sorting and filtering for your Silverlight DataGrid

    I’ve made small demo how to perform server paging, sorting and filtering with RadGridView for Silverlight using ADO.NET DataServices and dynamic LINQ: All operations are applied directly to the data-base server: And you have minimal traffic between server and client: With this approach you can handle millions of records! Enjoy! [Download]...
    January 21, 2009
  • Web

    Simplifying OpenAccess Scope in ASP.NET with HttpModule

    Whenever you start working with a modern ORM tool, one of the biggest challenges is figuring out how to manage the "scope" (or sometimes called "context" or "data context"). It is this transactional space where the ORM tool keeps track of changes being made to "persistent objects" in your application so that they can be saved to your "persistence layer" (usually a database) when you're ready to commit them. But figuring out when to create a scope, when to close it, and all the annoying problems that result from closing a scope too early can be very frustrating, and they...
    January 21, 2009