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  • People

    The Man Behind the Curtain

    A short time ago, in a land not so far away, I was back in college doing the whole evangelism thing part-time as a member of Microsoft's Student Partner program. I got a lot of exposure to some great Microsoft products and, most importantly, was able to spend a lot of time coming up with cool ways to show students how to dive head-first into .NET development. At the end of my senior year, just before leaving the Student Partner program, I had this crazy idea that I could mosey on up to Redmond and say hi to the man behind the curtain...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
  • Desktop WinForms

    Spinning RadCarousel

    This is my first post, and by obligation I have to say a few words as an introduction. I’m Mihail Valkov, and I have been working on component development at Telerik for several years. I know my name comes a bit mouthful for many of you, so I'll just use Mike for short. I'm the guy behind some of our Windows Forms components and part of the team that created the great TPF. I am excited of the many good things to come in our WinForms offering in the near future and I am determined to keep you posted about...
    May 27, 2021 3 min read
  • Desktop WinForms

    RadCarousel for WinForms - Even More Bang for your Buck

    Introducing the RadCarousel component into our suite can be compared to what the Big Bang was to the Universe in the early days. We’ve seen it all - from feature requests straight after its initial release, to statements it is worth as much as the entire suite. A few words of introduction - the RadCarousel animates a number of alternatives to choose from in a visually appealing way. RadCarousel animates the location, opacity and scale of its items. Items can be moved along any path described by a Bezier curve or an ellipse. These basic capabilities allow the control to be...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    Introducing: the telePhone

    After digging around in Telerik's old Visual Source-Safe server, I found a long-forgotten prototype of a RadMenu skin. I felt the urge to disclose it to you, and hope that you will like it. the telePhone prototype On second thought, this initial draft looks good enough, so we might switch to hardware production. Don't be evil, we were first! Maybe we could even go 3G... Ok now, getting serious - you could use this sort of menu for navigating when there is a large hierarchy in the site navigation (or, to be more specific, a hierarchy that has a wide tree). Currently, no...
    May 27, 2021 1 min read
  • People

    A Simple Introduction...

    Howdy! My name is Kevin Babcock and I’m the greenest Technical Evangelist on the Telerik team. I’m excited to have joined forces with the Telerik boys (and girls) and even more excited to talk to .NET developers about the great set of tools we provide. But don’t think that’s all this blog is about. While I plan on providing some in-depth coverage of the Telerik tools and control suites, I also plan to dive deep into the heart of .NET and talk about some of the latest and greatest bits that Microsoft has released over the wire, the latest tips and tricks in...
    May 27, 2021 1 min read
  • Release

    Telerik’s “Online Store” demo based on RadControls for Silverlight 2 Beta 2

    Lately, we have been preparing a sample application showing the usage of our RadControls for Silverlight 2 in a real life scenario.  Finally, we are able to make this application public and let you experience the flexibility of our controls. We have just uploaded the demo at: SnowBoard Online Store You can also access the example from our RadControls for Silverlight - Overview page by clicking on the banner residing in the bottom-right corner. We tried to show all the flexibility and interoperability between our controls by combining them into a fully-functional and flashy online store for snowboards. This is the place to thank to...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
  • Release

    Introducing RadForm for WinForms

    Hey everyone. The other day, I was responding to requests for more information on how to use the new RadForm, and I felt like we’re not being proactive enough in showcasing what our product has to offer. I’d love our customers to use our product to their maximum advantage, and I realize we have an important role to play to facilitate that. In this respect, I’d like to say a few words about one of our newest additions to the control suite – RadForm. RadForm is an alternative to the standard Windows form. It offers you all the standard form functionality...
    May 27, 2021 1 min read
  • Desktop WPF

    WPF Grids – to be or not to be

    Recently both Paul Stovell and Joseph Cooney blogged about one very interesting topic - "Do people really need grid controls in WPF?". They're saying that people actually don't need grids in WPF and this is what makes their blog posts worth reading. Imagine if they had said the opposite: "People need grid controls for WPF!". It would have been quite boring and wouldn’t have spurred much of a discussion. For many people the idea of not having grids for WPF sounds unconventional but Paul made an interesting parallel to justify his claim "Using grids in WPF is like buying a Ferrari to pick up...
    May 27, 2021 3 min read
  • People

    The Telerik TechEd 2008 Crew is finally back!

    After more than fifteen hours of flights across half of the world, I finally had a chance to get some sleep. After a few cups of coffee, I am finally catching up with e-mail and everything else that happened in the office during TechEd. It was a great week and I want to say a big “THANK YOU” to all of you who attended the Telerik booth at TechEd 2008 in Orlando. The positive feedback we got from you guys was incredible! It was great fun to see how many people were wearing .NET Ninjas and Geekettes and I was really surprised to discover that some of the attendees were wearing...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
  • Productivity Reporting

    Export and Printing RadGridView using Telerik Reporting

    Hi everyone, by means of introduction my name is Martin Vassilev and I am a support officer with the Windows Forms team here at Telerik. As of late, we noticed increased interest towards RadGridView data export capabilities. What we have always told our customers is that the RadGridView will have only basic Microsoft Excel export capability, until we are able to implement a commercial grade format converter here at Telerik. However, that requires quite some time, and customers can’t wait right? What was needed was a quick, easy, stable way of exporting RadGridView content to formats such as RTF, PDF and...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read