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    The New RadControls Installer

    We have been using the same old installer for a very long time. The reason for that is very simple - because it worked. However, with the release of the new RadControls for ASP.NET Ajax suite we felt that it is time for a change. The people who tried our new futures build for Q1 2008 already know what I am talking about - the Prometheus controls come with a totally redesigned installation experience. There were two main issues we wanted to address - install/uninstall speed and the look & feel of the installation wizard. I am happy to say that we achieved...
    March 31, 2008
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    Prometheus Futures and... new RadFormDecorator :)

    Did you know that we just released our Prometheus Futures build? And what exactly a Futures build means? It is nothing less than a preview build for the 2008 Q1 RadControls suite release coming in April! We keep adding new controls to the Prometheus suite to get it ready for its official premiere. Three long-awaited RadControls Classic controls were ported to the suite -  RadToolbar, RadPanelbar, RadTabstrip, thus bringing the total number of Prometheus controls to twenty-two. The Prometheus suite is more than a suite of controls. It is built on top of MS AJAX, and offers a common client-side framework that allows for small overall client-side footprint,...
    March 28, 2008
  • People

    Telerik is a "Red Herring Europe 100" finalist

    Several days ago I got the good news that Telerik has made it to Red Herring Magazine's Europe Top 100 list that follows Europe's most promising technology companies. Quoting Red Herring, "For 10 years, Red Herring's editorial team has diligently surveyed entrepreneurship around the globe. Technology industry executives, investors, and observers have regarded the Red Herring 100 lists as an invaluable instrument to discover and advocate the promising startups that will lead the next wave of disruption and innovation." Past award winners include Google, Yahoo!, Skype, Netscape, Salesforce.com, and YouTube. We're not winners yet, nor are we the size and fame of previous winners, however,...
    March 28, 2008
  • People

    Telerik acquires Avaxo

    It’s a great pleasure to announce that Telerik completed the acquisition of Avaxo Ltd., makers of the Bookvar mind-mapping software. The Avaxo team will join Telerik’s Silverlight and WPF product groups in their quest to deliver next-generation interfaces. We plan to use Bookvar as a showcase application which incorporates (in the future) many of Telerik’s WPF and Silverlight components and demonstrates how to create brand new customer experiences using emerging Microsoft...
    March 24, 2008
  • Release

    New online resources for the past three weeks (02/25/2008 - 03/16/2008)

    Below is a summary of the new online resources available for our ASP.NET controls/WinForm controls:  ASP.NET RadEditor Knowledge base articles Error: Web.config registration missing! The Telerik dialogs require a HttpHandler registration in the web.config file: http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/article/b454K-hek-b454T-ctb-b454c-ctb.aspx RadEditor Content Not Saved After Ajax Update in Firefox: http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/article/b454K-hee-b454T-ctb-b454c-ctb.aspx Applying external stylesheet to the content of RadEditor in Preview mode http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/article/b454K-hed-b454T-ctb-b454c-ctb.aspx RadSpell Knowledge base articles RadSpell "Prometheus" for DNN - FormatException: Invalid length for a Base-64 char array: http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/article/b454K-hdh-b454T-a-b454c-cbetemdget.aspx
    March 21, 2008
  • Release

    Skinning survey

    With design and User Experience fast gathering momentum as the leading factors behind the success or failure of IT projects, we're continuing efforts here at telerik to make sure the RadControls suites stay at the forefront of presentation layer trends. We have been riding the waves with the introduction of our black skin (ever since Vista and Office 2007, black seems to be the new white in interface design), and we fully support both the Vista and the Office 2007 interface looks - for the web and Winforms. So what's next? We thought we should ask you. We're running a short survey...
    March 19, 2008
  • Release

    Upcoming features in RadScheduler Q1

    I am very excited to announce that the Q1 release of RadControls "Prometheus" will include major improvements of RadScheduler. Flexible grouping You probably are familiar with the “group by resource day view”. We referred to it as "Resource View". We now extend this concept further and you will be able to enable resource grouping in every view type - day, week and month. Here is how the week view looks when it is grouped by resource: In addition, you will be able to specify the grouping direction. The screenshot above demonstrates the default value – horizontal. Here is how RadScheduler looks when using...
  • People

    Telerik Silverlight controls shown in the MIX 08 keynote

    I showed you some Telerik Silverlight goodness in my last post but here's some more: check out the iZoofari video case study that was shown at the MIX 08 keynote. It's a great demonstration of how Microsoft's latest technologies can help IT people and developers roll out amazing applications and enjoy tremendous productivity. The really special thing about the San Diego Zoo project though is that the Silverlight UI is built with a number of Telerik controls! If you go to 3:31 of the video (highly recommended to watch the whole video), you'll see the...
    March 17, 2008
  • People

    [Incoming] South East European Software Testing Conference

        As a seven-year hard fighting Software Quality Assurance, I was surprised but glad to find out that the upcoming Testing Conference – SEETEST 2008 will be held just a couple of miles away from the Telerik Head Office in Sofia, Bulgaria on July 2nd and 3rd. It will be the first conference ever in South East Europe aiming to cover various topics in the area of Software Testing and Software Quality Management. What impresses me is the top experts in the area coming from all over the world – USA, South and West Europe, Israel and ...
    March 12, 2008
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    RadChart: AutoLayout

    Hello, We have been quite busy lately here in the Charting Labs and I would like to draw your attention on another slick feature we are adding to the Charting toolset -- RadChart AutoLayout. The AutoLayout functionality instructs the control to perform out-of-the-box layout arrangement that provides optimal utilization of the whole chart area and ensures that all chart elements are fully readable and do not overlap with one another. Here are a few samples that illustrate the described functionality: AutoLayout calculates the necessary space for all elements so they are fully readable and not clipped (notice the axis item labels --...
    March 12, 2008