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Today is the day - see the light? Silverlight 3 is finally out!
In fact you can download almost everything even now! Despite all breaking changes between the beta and RTW (System.Windows.Controls.Data => System.ComponentModel = > System.Windows.Data) as always Telerik will follow the good traditions and next week we will release RadControls for Silverlight 3. Stay tuned – more will come!...July 10, 2009 -
Productivity
Using the ObjectContainer in disconnected scenarios
This is the first part of some postings regarding the ObjectContainer and I would like to start with a bit of motivation. Why does the ObjectContainer exist? Because - we felt it is necessary to provide the same OpenAccess runtime environment in all tiers. Ideally, the business logic should not be concerned if it is running in a connected world (where the database can be directly contacted) or in a remote/disconnected tier (where no database can be accessed). The business logic should just find the same API to compile against so that it could be running in both scenarios. This is what the...July 09, 2009 -
Productivity Testing
Coded UI Tests with WebUI Test Studio Q2 2009
WebUI Test Studio joined the Q2 2009 release this week as well! Although the awaited major new features (such as Silverlight and the extended browsers support) will come with v2.0 in the Q3 release, I’d like to highlight some important changes we introduced. WebUI Test Studio coded test steps Should you have tried our advanced test automation solution or at least watched the videos on Telerik TV, you have noticed its cool tools are designed to ease the life of the test creators helping them generate automated tests simply by mouse clicking. However, WebUI Test Studio also supports ...July 09, 2009 -
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RadControls for WinForms Documentation Updates Available Through RSS
In an effort to be more transparent with the updates and new topics we add to the RadControls for WinForms documentation, we have started adding all change sets to the WinForms Support Feed. We added 16 updates today, with more to come in the coming weeks. We plan to have a major update of the help for the upcoming Q2 2009 SP1 release, so feel free to subscribe to the RSS feed.July 09, 2009MobileWhy doesn’t Telerik offer phone/IM support?
Telerik is well known for the high quality of its support organization and customers are overall quite happy from our responsiveness and helpfulness. Nonetheless, from time to time we’d get inquiries why we are not offering phone support, chat or GoToMeeting as part of our regular support services. After answering several inquiries over the last few months, I decided to blog about it and let everyone know why technical phone support is not offered (at least at present). I’d first like to make a distinction – there is a huge difference between general/pre-sales phone/IM support and technical IM/phone support. We do offer...July 09, 2009ProductivityHow to Enhance Projects Using MSBuild on a Machine Without Telerik OpenAccess ORM Installed
Sometimes we need to build Telerik OpenAccess ORM enhanced projects on a machine that has no installation of the OpenAccess product. There are cases that even require that there is no such installation done on the machines like build servers or other machines that handle the build process. On the other hand when Telerik OpenAccess ORM is installed, the project enhancement is automatically done from our Visual Studio integration add-in. The MSBuild integration can be used as an alternative to the Microsoft Visual Studio integration and is useful while using the command-line build environment. It is targeted for serving build...July 08, 2009ReleaseNew Feature: Artificial Fields
Artificial fields, what are they good for? OpenAccess requires a persistent class model to work. This means that data not represented by a field in a persistent class cannot be stored or retrieved. Sometimes you need to add new data to your application during runtime. With many other ORMs you have to add a field to your persistent class, recompile everything and update the database schema. That is a little unhandy and looks like you always need a developer to do so. OpenAccess Artificial Fields can help you to add such new data definitions on the fly. You can specify...July 07, 2009Desktop WinFormsBinding to custom fields with RadScheduler for WinForms
We just finished working on the Q2 2009 release of RadControls for WinForms. One of the best things about releases is that we get to show off the cool new stuff that we managed to get done. One of my favorite features is the full support for binding to custom fields in RadScheduler. Yes, this means that you finally can have RadScheduler bound to that email field in your data source. And do you know what’s the best part? It’s fairly easy: 1. If you have not already done this, add your custom field to your data source. 2. You will need a custom...July 07, 2009Productivity TestingWelcome the Free Test Automation Solution for RadControls
I’m happy to announce that a FREE test automation solution is now officially part of the Telerik portfolio. I’ll summarize here some of its fundamentals as well as how to get started with the WebAii Testing Framework. First of all, it’s an extension of WebAii, the ArtOfTest’s free Web testing automation library. During the past years the framework was greatly extended and its user base/popularity grew tremendously. Now it serves as the very base of advanced test automation solutions such as ArtOfTest’s Automation Design Canvas and its Telerik brother – WebUI Test Studio. Many QAs and developers ...July 06, 2009ReleaseTelerik Q2 2009 Release Week Webinars
[Cross posted from Telerik Watch] Smell that? That's a freshly baked release from Telerik that's just about ready to "officially" launch. The Q2 2009 release is one of the biggest releases in Telerik's history, again delivering simultaneous updates to all 7 Telerik product lines at one time. An update of this scale is bound to have lots new and interesting stuff, and we can't wait to put it in your hands so you can start playing with it. The official launch of Q2 2009 is Monday, July 6th, and to help you jump-off with the new bits and maximize your productivity...July 03, 2009
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