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    Editing Slider's ControlTemplate in Expression Blend

    In this tutorial I will show you how to edit the ControlTemplate of one of our controls – the slider. Before you begin you need to cover the prerequisites bellow. You have to download the Telerik Controls for Silverlight as well as the project that contains all the controls and their ControlTemplates. Telerik Controls for Silverlight Project with all the ControlTemplates – this project is created in such way that allows you easily to edit the control templates. This means that all the control templates are copied in the resources of each Silverlight page. If you are missing any of...
    August 22, 2008
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    RadAjaxPanel Demystified

    Often I can look at one of our RadControls and know right away why using it offers a greater benefit than one of the built-in ASP.NET controls. The RadAjaxPanel is no different, but often I hear of confusion from developers as to the benefit of using this control over the built-in UpdatePanel. Well, it certainly offers the same kind of functionality as an UpdatePanel, but there's more available to you if you dig a little deeper. Basic Ajax Functionality For starters, it's important to understand how the RadAjaxPanel is meant to be used. The typical use-case scenario is when a developer has a...
    August 22, 2008
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    The Trickiest Tips in RadControls for ASP.NET (AJAX) Tests Automation

    Do you wonder if there are any keys to get easy test automation over the RadControls components? I’ve seen people asking about how to get a simple (at a first glance) task done through this or that test automation tool and we generally find the specific resolution with the exact tool in use. However, in most cases the things are quite similar no matter which tool you prefer. Instead of posting particular solutions though, with this post I’m sharing some of the trickiest moments one may came across while working on tests automation of RadControls for ASP.NET (AJAX) and the ...
    August 21, 2008
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    RadRotator for ASP.NET AJAX: Using dynamic templates

    My colleague Todd Anglin has already written a post about how to create a rotator control dynamically - you can read it here - How to Create RadRotator Programmatically. Unfortunately, this code in that post is for the old RadRotator control and if you try to use it in the new ASP.NET AJAX version, you will notice that it will not compile. Fortunately, you can quickly fix that. Here is what you need to change: FrameTemplate - this property has been replaced with ItemTemplate RadRotatorFrame - this object has been replaced with RadRotatorItem After you update the above names, you should be able...
    August 20, 2008
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    RadTips Episode 3: Client-Side Sorting in the RadGrid

    In celebration of the fact that the weekend is upon us, I'd like to leave you all with another exciting RadTips episode. This episode covers yet another client-side databinding technique: sorting. Client-side databinding is an advanced feature of the RadGrid, and something only found in the latest and greatest bits from the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX suite. This episode walks you through how to implement sorting when using this new feature. The demo users other cool ASP.NET features like LINQ to XML and Page Methods, so be sure to check it out. As always, the video is available in WMV...
    August 16, 2008