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  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    RadRotator binding to XML data

    As you already know, the upcoming RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Q2 2008 release will add a new control to the suite - the RadRotator. If you are familiar with the RadRotator control from the classic ASP.NET controls suite, you will be glad to know that it is now included in the new Ajax suite as well.   One important change I would like to talk about is how the new rotator works with XML data. The classic rotator control had a property called ContentFile, which allowed the developer to specify a XML file to use as a datasource for the rotator frames....
    July 18, 2008
  • Web

    Maximum performance using Telerik RadGrid client-side data-binding with LINQ to SQL

    As I mentioned in one of my previous posts with RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX Q2 2008 you can access the grid sort and filter expressions on the client. While filter expressions toString() method will create SQL syntax representing current grid filtering now you have toDynamicLinq() method which will create LINQ expression that can be used directly with Dynamic LINQ library. With few lines of code you will get minimum transfer between server and client (pure JSON): and on the server side LINQ to SQL will apply all requested operations directly on the data-base server: Live Demo |...
  • Web

    Top 5 Firefox Add-Ons for Developers

    I'm a Firefox user, have been for years. I love Microsoft products and most of their software is fantastic, but I have never been much fond of Internet Explorer. Maybe its IE's UI, or maybe its the fact that it doesn't have many great plug-ins. Either way, I much prefer to use Firefox as my browser of choice when developing web applications. There are tons of great add-ons available to Firefox users to make their web developing lives easier. Here are my favorite 5: Firebug - This one's got it all: JavaScript debugger, DOM inspector, traffic analyzer, CSS inspector, and  much more....
    July 14, 2008
  • Web

    Un-Breaking the Back Button

    I often see developers (myself included) get frustrated when Ajax and the browser back button don't play nice together. The fact is, they have never really worked together and having the ability to use one means you have to sacrifice the other. But what if you want both? Let's take a look at why in the past we have not been able to have these features together and what we can do now to get them. Back in the "olden days" of the Internet each web page was a stateless, static entity. With the advent of new web frameworks like ASP.NET...
    July 11, 2008
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    Change Skins dynamically for all Telerik RadControls

    I've spent few minutes to create small control called RadPageStylist which will style all Telerik RadControls on desired page with desired Skin. The control is fairly simple - you have Skin property where you can set your skin and ApplySkin() method which can be executed for particular ASP.NET Control. The method is recursive and will locate all child ISkinableControls to set selected Skin. Other possible approach is "Global skin setting for the entire web site/web application project" however in this case the skin registration is static. Live Demo | ...