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  • Desktop WPF

    XAMLflix Tutorial: PDF Viewer for Silverlight and WPF

    Every Wednesday we publish a new tutorial based on one of our existing XAMLflix videos.  This week we focus on the PDF Viewer, which allows you to view PDF files inside your Silverlight or WPF applications.  With no need for an additional viewer.  You can scroll, pan and zoom your PDF files to get a better view of your content. This week’s tutorial covers Getting Started with the PDF Viewer Using a Toolbar with the PDF Viewer Integrating RadRichTextBox with the PDF Viewer Getting Started introduces the RadPDFViewer and shows how to add one to a new project...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
  • Mobile

    XAMLflix Video Tutorial: RadMenu for Silverlight and WPF

    Hi Everyone, In today’s episode of XAMLFlix, we are going to take a look at RadMenu for Silverlight and WPF. In case you are not familiar with XAMLFlix, it is Telerik’s way of getting you up to speed with our XAML controls in short 8-10 minute videos. Our Silverlight and WPF control suite share a common codebase and API, so you can literally copy/paste the code between projects! Yet another reason to check out our controls. In case you have missed any episode, they can be found at www.telerik.com/xamlflix. Let’s go ahead and get started with RadMenu. RadMenu for Silverlight and WPF lets...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
  • Release

    Check out all the new technologies you can use with OpenAccess ORM Q2 2012

    Q2 2012 of Telerik OpenAccess ORM is about to be released soon and we are eager to share what we have achieved for the last few months. As we always strive to keep up with the latest technologies available, we will start by presenting the support for: Visual Studio 11 Beta OpenAccess is compatible with the beta version of the new Visual Studio since the end of March - an internal build from March 29th is available even now. However, Q2 will be the first official release with a full functional support. MS SQL Server 2012 LocalDB As the commercial editions of SQL Server 2012 are...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
  • Release

    See what’s new in Telerik’s .NET tools and get a discount!

    The Q2 2012 Webinar Week is quickly approaching (as is our upcoming major release)! As always, we are organizing this week-long event packed with hour-long webinar sessions to walk you through all the awesome things we’ve been working on during the past four months. If you’re eager to be among the first to learn how the Q2 bits can enhance your productivity, Book your seat for Webinar Week now>> Webinar Week will be held June 18-22, 2012. And you know the drill, one lucky attendee at each webinar will win more than $2,000 worth of software! This time around though, as...
    May 27, 2021 1 min read
  • Productivity Testing

    Performance Testing Part I – Modeling, Implementing, and Executing Performance Tests

    Performance testing goals seek to answer questions regarding server processing, and client response times for a single user. The primary goal of performance testing is to tune the system to achieve maximum performance, [e.g. execute a given amount of work (transactions) in the least amount of time (transactions per second (TPS)].  Test Studio, from Telerik, has long been capable of performance testing. Any Test Studio functional test can also be used as a performance test. To execute a performance test in Test Studio, there are just three steps: 1) Create or select an existing web functional test that satisfies ...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
  • Web

    Responsive Images and the Tyranny of Web Standards

    If you follow HTML5 and web standards conversations online via twitter or popular blogs like HTML5 Doctor, you’re no doubt aware of some of the recent developer interest around “Responsive Images.” You’re probably also aware of the recent hullabaloo over the rapid steps that the WHATWG took to...
    September 08, 2023 8 min read
  • Desktop WPF

    XAMLFlix Video: RadSparkLine for Silverlight and WPF

    Welcome back to XAMLflix. This week we’re looking at RadSparkline for Silverlight and WPF. XAMLflix is brought to you by Telerik to teach you how to use and get the most from both the new and existing controls in Telerik’s XAML suite.  Every Tuesday and Thursday we have new videos; every Wednesday we have a new written tutorial.  Since the Telerik Silverlight and WPF controls share a common codebase and API, you only have to learn how to use them once! Be sure to check out www.telerik.com/xamlflix for all the videos! RadSparkline is an information graphic -- designed to be both lightweight and...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
  • Productivity

    Localization of the TeamPulse Ideas & Feedback Portal

    With the 2012 R3 Release, localization of the Ideas and Feedback Portal is as easy as editing a text file!  Background Localization is the process of changing the text in an application to another language, or locale.  Well designed applications allow for changing the text that is displayed without having to branch the source code and recompile, and TeamPulse certainly falls into this category.  Built on Microsoft’s .NET Platform, TeamPulse takes full advantage of the localization features provided by the .NET Framework, allowing you to customize the Ideas and Feedback portal to the language that best meets your needs....
    May 27, 2021 5 min read
  • Mobile

    Comparison of RadControls for Windows Phone and the Windows Phone Toolkit.

    Overview RadControls for Windows Phone 7 completes the missing controls and functionalities from the UI Toolbox for Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone Toolkit. We not only offer controls not found in those resources, but we build upon existing controls they have created to offer our users a better experience. Our controls also aim to cut the development time by providing controls based on user feedback. Lastly, our controls are optimized for performance. A quick example of this is our RadDataBoundListBox compared to the ListBox offered in the Toolkit. Our control can handle hundreds of thousands of records without performance degradation....
    May 23, 2012 7 min read
  • Release

    See the early bits in action – Try Telerik’s AJAX Q2’12 Beta

    I am happy to share with you that the Q2 2012 Beta of Telerik’s ASP.NET AJAX controls is here and you can try it right away. Just as the Q1 2012 SP1 was full of fixes, today’s Beta is full of new features and controls. Let’s have a quick trip. NEW CONTROLS Barcode – The control allows you to visualize barcodes for your products using the most popular standards. It’s really easy to use and configure. The resulting image is rendered as SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) in the modern browsers where HTML5 allows embedding SVG in your web pages. In older browsers the output...
    March 17, 2025 3 min read