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  • Web

    Filter as you type and custom pager for the grid with client binding

    I've made small demo on how to filter as you type client bound grid with custom pager: You can use the grid client-side DataBinding event to build your own filter expression: and the grid client-side DataBound event to customize your already defined pager template:   [Live | Download]...
    November 19, 2008
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    Survey: What do you want to see in upcoming RadTips episodes?

    It's been a while since I posted my last RadTips episode. In fact, with recent conference travel, the new Telerik.com web site, and preparations for the Q3 2008 release I've hardly had time to get anything recorded. But now that all that is in the past it's time to get rockin' with some fresh content. For those of you who don't know, RadTips is a screencast I do on a regular basis which provides quick tips that you can use with the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX. Each episode focuses on a specific RadControl feature and is fairly short (approximately 5 - 10 minutes),...
    November 17, 2008
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    Training courseware for ASP.NET AJAX

    Among all the big announcements we had over the past couple of weeks you might have missed that we now have a brand new 800-page training courseware for ASP.NET AJAX. This is a step-by-step tutorial that covers all RadControls from the very basics to the more advanced topics. The learning guide includes tons of how-to’s, tips and tricks, code samples and a real-life online exam application (called ActiveSkill) that you can build as you cover the chapters.   The courseware is available to everyone for free download from our website: PDF (51MB) PDF with all code samples and Visual ...
    November 17, 2008
  • Productivity

    SQL Server 2008 Error: 'Saving changes is not permitted.'

    Tonight I ran into the following error message when using a freshly installed version of SQL Server 2008 in a new project. Saving changes is not permitted. The changes you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created. You have either made changes to a table that can't be re-created or enabled the option Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created. The error appeared after I created a new table, set up it's primary key column, clicked save, and then tried to modify and re-save the table again. The reason this error dialogue is being...
    November 15, 2008
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    ASP.NET binding with OpenAccessDataSource

    In the last post we saw how easy it is to reverse engineer a database schema. Let's now use the resulting persistent classes library to build the first website. Let's do it again step by step: Step 1: Use the resulting solution from the northwind reverse engineering post. Step 2: Add a new web application by execution File->Add->New Web Site... from the Visual Studio Menu. Choose ASP.NET Web Site. Step 3: Add a reference from the website to the class library. Select the website project in the Solution Explorer and execute Website->Add reference from the Visual Studio Menu. Select the class library project in the Projects tab.   All...
    November 15, 2008
  • Productivity

    Reverse engineering step by step

    Hi everybody, My name is Jan Blessenohl and I am working on the new Telerik object relational mapper named OpenAccess ORM. In the next posts I would like to guide you through the first steps with OpenAccess. This post is about reverse engineering. The following posts will use this feature to build running applications. - OpenAccess comes with 2 possible ways to generate the persistent model: Forwad Mapping: Write the persistent classes first and let then OpenAccess generate the database schema. Reverse Engineering: Design the database schema first, let OpenAccess read it and then create all the classes for you. This step by step...
    November 14, 2008
  • Desktop WPF

    Animation with RadChart for WPF.

    Hi everyone, My name is Velin Angelov. I am a member of Telerik's Charting team and here I am going to write about a feature of the RadChart for WPF which you might find useful while having fun with it. RadChart for WPF was shipped with the 2008.Q3 release and one feature all of the charts have in common is being animated. From this point on there are three options: You are absolutely happy (as you probably will) with the default animation settings provided by RadChart. In this case you simply keep on coding. You totally disagree with the way RadChart is animated and...
    November 13, 2008
  • People

    Look Ma, I’m on TV!

    Seems I’ve gotten my 15 minutes of fame after all (more like 5). During PDC’08 Todd and I had the chance to meet with Adam Kinney from Microsoft and talk about one of the coolest new telerik products – the WPF Charts and Gauges. The video is now up on Channel 9 and can be accessed here. In the mean while we pulled off our first release and the charts and gauges are now a part of the WPF controls suite. You can see them in all their splendor here. If you are excited about the charts as we are – share...
    November 13, 2008
  • Web

    Can your grid control do this?

        In “First Look at Silverlight 2” Scott Gu showed how easy is to change the visual appearance of a Silverlight application using the standard features of the Silverlight Grid control: While reading the blog, it occurred to me that it would be very easy to achieve similar effects with RadGridView for WinForms. With the latest version of RadGridView you can change the row layout using different view definitions in a very simplistic and easy way:     Using parts and ideas from Scott’s article, I compiled a small application that gets a list of article from digg.com via web services and shows them in RadGridView...
    November 13, 2008
  • Release

    New Reporting rendering engine - a foundation for what it is to come next year

    Hi guys! We suppose that you have already downloaded our Q3 version (released last week) and you're enjoying the new rendering engine. For those of you who missed what's new, I'll list it here once again: Official release of the Project Upgrade Wizard - no more upgrade hassles. Our Upgrade Wizard would take care of that for you. New Report Rendering Engine, offering:   Excellent rendering performance The new rendering engine optimizes the usage of system resources (memory consumption and processor loads) during data processing and ...
    November 12, 2008