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OpenAccess 101 Webinar Follow-Up
Okay, so I am really late in posting this follow-up, but I wanted to make sure those of you who haven’t already noticed know that my last webinar, OpenAccess ORM 101, is up on Telerik TV. If you missed the webinar, or if you just want to see it again, head on over and check it out. Also, for those of you who had questions during the session or who are interested in the demos I showed during the webinar, you can find answers and source code below. Click here to watch “OpenAccess ORM 101” on Telerik TV Enjoy! [Source Code] [Q&A]...April 21, 2009 1 min read -
Desktop WPF
Maximizing space with RadExpander for WPF
When designing an application a challenge that all user interfaces must contend with is available screen real estate. While you want to maximize the information available to the user, you also want to avoid visual overload. There are a variety of controls available that allow you to minimize the impact of options on a form. For example, the RadioButtons below display three options for the user, but for each option you take up valuable screen real estate. A ComboBox offers the same choices to the user when expanded, but takes up minimal space on the form when not being used. ...April 21, 2009 3 min read -
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Join me at the Toronto Code Camp
I wanted to mention that I am going to be at the Toronto Code Camp on April 25 in Toronto, Ontario. I will be presenting a session called “Building Business Applications with WPF, Silverlight and the Telerik RadControls”. The session should give you a good understanding of what Telerik has to offer for the WPF and and Silverlight platforms. If you are in the area I hope you will consider spending that Saturday learning. The organizers need to know you are coming, so please take a moment to register on their website http://www.torontocodecamp.net. This is the third annual event and...April 18, 2009 1 min read -
Web ASP.NET AJAX
Deploying RadControls to Azure
In the first part of this short series covering the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX in the cloud, I showed you how you could quickly (and easily) start a new Azure Cloud Service project, add the RadControls, and then debug the project locally. The next step, of course, is taking that locally built and debugged project and deploying it to the “real” cloud fabric, hosted by Microsoft in their data center (not yet data centers…). That is where the rubber meets the proverbial road and we find out if the Telerik RadControls are really “cloud ready.” HOW DO YOU DEPLOY TO AZURE? Assuming you’ve built a... -
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Being new to Silverlight
Keeping track of new technology is quite a tedious job. In fact, if you try to catch up with all hot trends in software development you probably will end up having a job as a full time blog reader. In contrast, most software developers are always anxious about stretching their fingers on some actual coding. But the beginning is always the hardest part, even more if you are not patient enough or haven’t had time to watch videos and spent hours reading tutorials. In case you are coming from a different programming background, you are certainly used to specific methods...April 17, 2009 4 min read -
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RadControls for WPF – Q1 2009 Service Pack released
This week Telerik released a service pack for the Q1 2009 RadControls for WPF. You can get the full details about the release here (http://www.telerik.com/versionnotes.aspx?id=1896), but I wanted to point out a few highlights that might be of interest. RadGridView A number of features regarding exporting including the addition of ExcelML, an Exporting event TAB navigation improvements Addition of the GridViewComboBox column and much more RadGauge Semi-circle and Quadrant-like styles for Radial Gauges both of which look very sleek. RadChart The Stacked Line and Stacked Spline Chart Types were added to the RadChart available types. RadColorPicker The Color Picker control allows the users to choose a color from more than 20...April 16, 2009 2 min read -
Web
Full support for DomainDataSource with RadGridView for Silverlight 3
I'm happy to announce that with our next service pack you will be able to bind RadGridView completely codeless to DomainDataSource in Silverlight 3: <Grid> <Grid.RowDefinitions> <RowDefinition /> <RowDefinition Height="30" /> </Grid.RowDefinitions> <riaControls:DomainDataSource x:Name="DomainDataSource1" AutoLoad="True" LoadMethodName="LoadCustomers"> <riaControls:DomainDataSource.DomainContext> <localWeb:NorthwindDomainContext /> </riaControls:DomainDataSource.DomainContext> </riaControls:DomainDataSource> <telerik:RadGridView x:Name="RadGridView1" ItemsSource="{Binding Data, ElementName=DomainDataSource1}" /> <df:DataPager x:Name="DataPager1" Grid.Row="1" PageSize="10" Source="{Binding Data, ElementName=DomainDataSource1}" /> </Grid> All operations like paging, sorting and grouping are applied to the REST query with minimal JSON response:... -
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A Recipe For Perfect Software
Although developers have been creating software for decades now it’s still fashionable, isn’t it? By “perfect software” I don’t mean zero bug-bounce only, but the brilliant feature-rich software that customers want to buy and be satisfied with throughout the years! What’s the secret, you wonder? Let me first explain where the problem comes from. I believe it’s really simple. When you develop software for someone out there, a red line appears between you, the developer and them, the users. Your mission becomes their satisfaction. You keep working upon customer requests with a vision from your side of the barrier. There ...April 16, 2009 3 min read -
Desktop WinForms
Performance Monitor using RadChart for WinForms
I have had a few people ask me about using the RadChart in the same manner as Performance Monitor (aka PerfMon). If you are not familiar with PerfMon, it is a tool that has been provided with Microsoft Windows for quite some time. You can open PerfMon by clicking the Start button within Windows, typing “perfmon” in the search box and pressing Enter. PerfMon is a simple utility that displays performance counters. There are a wide variety of counters available, from CPU utilization of process threads to how many times the .NET Garbage Collector has run. The counters PerfMon allows...April 15, 2009 3 min read -
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Free Whitepaper: Understanding the What, Why and How of Reporting Solutions
Often we see requests from our Telerik Reporting clients to produce PDF or HTML representations of tabular data in order to be able to print the data on paper and/or to create a document. Although this is a common scenario, the proper tool or product has to be used in order to get the best possible results. Telerik Reporting supports these document formats, but often it is mistaken for a format conversion tool (say HTML to PDF), rather than a report generation tool, only because it supports these two formats. We also see a common misconception that Telerik Reporting is...
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