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  • Release

    New online resources for the past two weeks (05/06/2007 - 05/20/2007)

    Below is a summary of the new online resources available for our ASP.NET controls:RadGridHelp topics: ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit extenders in RadGrid:http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet/grid/?grdAJAXToolkitExtenders.html Aligning columns in each level of hierarchical grid:http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet/grid/?grdAlignColumnsInHierarchy.htmlCode library entries: Expand/collapse hierarchy with ajax request on double click:http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/submission/b311D-mctme.aspx Expand/collapse hierarchy client-side on double click:http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/submission/b311D-mchgd.aspx Single selection within each group of RadGrid:http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/submission/b311D-mbgeb.aspx
  • Release

    New Best Practice: Ajaxifying UserControls

    One of the features added to RadAjax "Prometheus" in the recent service pack was a new control called the RadAjaxManagerProxy. This control enables you to easily Ajaxify controls in your UserControls without worrying about adding multiple RadAjaxManagers to a page. Most RadAjax developers would probably say that Ajaxifying UserControls is one of the more difficult aspects of adding Ajax to an ASP.NET application. Even with good documentation, it is difficult to decide whether you should add an AjaxManager to each UserControl or handle all UserControl Ajax settings programmatically from a parent container. The big drawback of the later option (which is usually the...
    May 24, 2007
  • Release

    Extending Sitefinity's blogging tools (WebCast)

    One of the fun new features of Sitefinity 3.0 is its out of the box support for adding blogs to your website. The Blogs module is one of five included with the first release of Sitefinity 3.0 (the others being Lists, News, Polls, and Generic Content) and it has all of the basic tools you need to quickly start a blog (such as post list and single post view).If you've been using a different blogging platform and you are considering switching to Sitefinity (like I am doing with Telerik Watch), you find there are some blogging tools that don't exist in...
    May 22, 2007
  • Web

    -moz-user-select: -moz-none;

    Did you ever wonder how to get rid of these evil pseudo cells selection / borders in your html tables in FireFox?The solution is:     <table border="1" style="-moz-user-select: none;">        <tr>           <td>Cell</td>           <td>Cell</td>        </tr>      ...however... if you have an INPUT elements inside the cells you will definitely loose the selection inside the INPUT. You can try this example:     <table border="1" style="-moz-user-select: none;">        <tr>           <td<input type="text" /></td>           <td>Cell</td>        </tr>      ...So the question is: How to remove the cell selection borders and keep the selection in INPUT elements? ... and the answer is ...: -moz-user-select:...
  • Mobile

    On closing IFRAME tags

    I was debugging some obscure problem the other day. For some reason the __doPostBack JavaScript function was not defined (or “undefined” in JavaScript terms ;) ). It wouldn’t be so suspicious if I was able to view the source of the page and see the declaration of __doPostBack routine. It turned out some iframe break the whole thing. Consider the following html (notice that the iframe is in minimized form): <div>I am before the iframe</div><iframe src="http://www.telerik.com" /><div>I am after the iframe</div> In that case the second div was not rendered at all. IN ALL BROWSERS!!! First I thought it was one of “those” Internet...
  • Web

    Adding Google Gadgets to Sitefinity

    With the official release of Sitefinity 3.0 yesterday, a whole new world of easy web development has been opened-up for ASP.NET web developers. Sitefinity allows you to forget about "basic" website plumbing (like user management, caching, and site management) and instead focus on adding content and modules to your site that are unique to your business. Using Sitefinity as a starting point, you can have a powerful, easy to manage site up and running in a day instead of a week (or more). One of the easiest ways to extend the functionality of Sitefinity is by creating UserControls (the plain 'ol .ASCX variety) that...
    May 17, 2007
  • Web

    Top 15 Optimization Tips and Tricks

    While we do a lot to help you optimize RadControls in your applications, the Telerik community also does a great job of sharing optimization tips and tricks. One of the best list of optimization tricks ever produced by the community has recently surfaced on the Telerik forums. Some of these ideas are specific to optimizing the RadControls, but many of them are great optimization techniques for ASP.NET in general. So without further ado, here are the "Top 15 Telerik Community Optimization Tips & Tricks" (in no particular order): Make sure browser caching is enabled Many RadControls must...
    May 15, 2007
  • Release

    Service Packs coming soon

    Q1 2007 was not only one of the biggest releases in Telerik history, it was also one of the most bug-free. Nonetheless, there are a few minor issues that need to be addressed and the first service packs for WinForms and ASP.NET will do just that. So mark your calendars and watch for the service packs on these dates:RadControls for WinForms Q1 2007 SP1: Due Tuesday, May 15thRadControls for ASP.NET Q1 2007 SP1: Due around May 23rdRadControls "Prometheus" SP1: Due with ASP.NET SP1Telerik Reporting SP1: Coming soon, date TBA. There are no major issues being addressed by the WinForms and ASP.NET service packs, but if...
    May 11, 2007
  • Release

    New online resources for the past three weeks (04/16/2007 - 05/06/2007)

    Below is a summary of the new online resources available for our ASP.NET controls:RadGridCode library entries: Disable selection for some rows in GridClientSelectColumn conditionally:http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/submission/b311D-tmkbk.aspx Navigate to records in RadGrid by typing a letter in a textbox:http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/submission/b311D-mbbkm.aspx Select items in hierarchy depending on selection in inner levels:http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/submission/b311D-mahbm.aspx
  • Web

    How To: Create custom skins

    Have you ever wanted to create a custom skin for your RadControls? While the RadControls do ship with some of the most visually stunning skins available in any component suite, there are definitely times when an application needs a custom look and feel. Fortunately, creating your own custom skin is easy, especially with the vast collection of tutorials on Telerik.com that guide you through each step. If you can find them.Telerik.com is a big website being updated all the time, and it is easy to miss some of the invaluable resources that are added to make your lives easier. So...
    May 10, 2007