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  • Productivity

    Be an Editor for a day (or more)

    (Cross posted from Telerik Watch)Have you ever wanted to be an editor? Well now is your chance. New forums have been created on Telerik.com dedicated to collecting your feedback on all of Telerik's documentation (including the recently released 600+ page Learning Guide). We know that a big part of your experience with the RadControls is in the documentation and we are committed to making that experience best in class. Even though some of our documentation has already won awards for quality, we won't stop improving until all of your questions are thoroughly answered (which it probably never...right?).Start your new role as an "official community editor" by visiting one...
    May 08, 2007
  • Release

    Silverlight 1.0 Beta and RadControls (update)

    (Cross posted from Telerik Watch)As is often the case when you're a pioneer in a new technology, changes to the technology's core can have some dramatic effects on your demos. Such is the case with the recently released RadControls for Silverlight and the new Silverlight 1.0 Beta browser plug-ins. If you install the new 1.0 Beta plug-in (or the Alpha 1.1 for that matter), you will not be able to view the current RadControls for Silverlight demos (which are designed to work with the February CTP plug-ins). If you don't install the new plug-in, you cannot view any of the Silverlight demos currently featured on Silverlight.net....
    April 30, 2007
  • Web

    RadCallback vs. RadAjax vs. 'Prometheus' Ajax

    (Cross posted content from Telerik Watch) For many of you, your excitement for the new "Prometheus" Ajax is tempered by your well grounded caution for what will be involved in moving to the new Ajax Framework. Many of you, like me, remember the work done to upgrade our applications about a year ago when RadAjax replaced RadCallback. It took me a little more than a year to replace all instances of RadCallback controls in some of my larger projects, so I know this can be a long process and a good reason to pause when the next Telerik Ajax is introduced. Thankfully, the transition to "Prometheus" Ajax from RadAjax is...
    April 26, 2007
  • Web

    Who says the web can't be interactive?

    Three days ago we made the biggest release so far in the history of Telerik. It was a very exciting moment for everyone on our team for a number of reasons: We released a whole new suite for ASP.NET AJAX (having the pompous codename "Prometheus"). We released three major new controls for our WinForms suite - Grid, Treeview and Chart. We released the first version of Telerik Reporting, our new report generation engine. We offered as a download a 550+ page self-paced tutorial for our controls, the first such major learning tool We released everything on time You know that our slogan says "Deliver more than expected" and we...
    April 26, 2007
  • Web

    Prometheus, brother of Atlas

    (Cross posted from Telerik Watch)One of the big secrets revealed by the Quest is the introduction of a new ASP.NET product line from Telerik code named "Prometheus". In Greek mythology, Prometheus is famous for bringing fire to the people and beginning an age of enlightenment for man. And in a way, that's exactly what the RadControls based on ASP.NET AJAX will do for ASP.NET developers. RadControls "Prometheus" will deliver new controls, experiences, and performance improvements based on the OpenAjax-enrolled Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX client-side framework. Also fitting, in Greek mythology Prometheus' brother is Atlas (usually represented as the guy holding the earth on his shoulders). As you may remember, the code name...
    April 24, 2007
  • Web

    Ribbon UI for RadControls for...ASP.NET

    (Cross posted content for Telerik Watch)That's right. Office 2007 Ribbon UI for ASP.NET. In what is the absolute best implementation of the Ribbon UI I have seen on the web to date, Russel Masson has contributed an outstanding project to the Telerik Code Library. The project, which will likely become a Telerik Open Source Project soon, provides everything you need to implement the Office 2007 Ribbon UI in an ASP.NET application. The project includes a number of custom Ribbon controls built by Russel that work closely with the Telerik RadControls to work their magic. You must check out the online demo to understand the quality of this implementation....
    April 23, 2007
  • Release

    New online resources for the past two weeks (04/02/2007 - 04/16/2007)

    Below is a summary of the new online resources available for our ASP.NET controls:RadGridHelp topics: Enabled/Disabled RadGrid conventions:http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet/grid/?grdEnabledConventions.html Localization/Accessibility -> How-to -> Synchronizing keyboard navigation and row selection (not uploaded yet) Export with Ajax enabled:http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet/grid/?grdExportWithAJAX.html Accessing the default pager buttons:http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet/grid/?grdAccessingDefaultPagerButtons.html Applying custom sort criteria:http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet/grid/?grdApplyCustomSortCriteria.html
    April 21, 2007
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    RadInput 2.0 and Date Parsing: Where Compiler Theory Meets User Needs

    Todd beat me to releasing details on our Q1_2007 release, but here it is again: we are finally releasing an update to the RadInput product: RadInput 2.0!!! The new version will include three brand new controls: RadTextBox: a nice, skinnable <asp:TextBox> replacement control that will help you build slick-looking applications; RadNumericTextBox: a textbox control, specifically created for numeric data entry: think quantities, currency, percentages; RadDateInput: a completely rewritten version of the v1.x RadDateInput control that takes a different approach to date entry. My favorite is RadDateInput as it posed...
    April 20, 2007
  • Release

    RadInput 2.0 Preview

    (Cross posted content from Telerik Watch) It has been a long time coming, but the time has finally arrived for the release of RadInput2.0. As I said waaay back in November of 2006, RadInput 2.0 will ship with a few new textboxes for validating specific data types: RadTextbox - skinnable textbox, accepts all characters RadNumericTextbox - three modes: currency, percentage, and number RadMaskedTextbox - pattern based data mask RadDateInput - validates date input Also new to RadInput 2.0 are features like spinner buttons for the NumericTextbox, automatic validation message positioning, and a new client-side event for DateInput to handle invalid or out of range values. But...
    April 20, 2007
  • Release

    Quest Secrets Revealed!

    Congratulations! You have successfully completed the Q1 Quest and unlocked the secrets of Telerik's biggest release ever . After some very interesting guesses, we now know the official secrets of Q1 are: RadControls "Prometheus" for ASP.NET - the future of RadControls for ASP.NET built entirely on .NET 3.5(also known as ASP.NET AJAX). Q1 will include RadToolTip,RadColorPicker, RadSlider, RadAjax, RadDock, and RadSlider! More on this later... Telerik Learning Guide -you asked for better documentation/tutorials and now you have it! With over 600 pages, this material sets a new benchmark in the .NET component vendor space. RadGrid for WinForms - an incredible Vista-styled grid for WinForms developers RadScheduler - it's finally confirmed!...
    April 19, 2007