Cannot find RadRichTextBox in .NET 4.0 DLL

[Jeffrey Lewis]

Hi,

We have just downloaded the latest release (2011 Q1 .NET 4.0), however intellisense cannot find RichTextBox. The reference to Telerik.Windows.Controls.dll (version 2011.1.315.40) is already added.

Error in Visual Studio 2011:
The tag 'RadRichTextBox' does not exist in XML namespace 'http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation'.


Please advice. Thanks!

[Ivailo Karamanolev]

Hello Jeffrey Lewis,

As the RadRichTextBox is quite a large component, we have decided to separate it in another assembly. That is Telerik.Windows.Documents.dll. Additionally, some if its components are in different assemblies. As the WPF version is very new, the documentation is still not ready. However, you can refer to the Silverlight documentation as nearly everything is the same as in WPF.

Regards,
Ivailo
the Telerik team

[Jeffrey Lewis]

Hi Ivailo,

I've got it to work. Thanks very much for the help.

[Joel]

Hi,

I'm having the same problem as Jeff.  I'm trying to add a RadRichTextBox control to a WPF app.  Now, from what I read in different posts, I should be using the Silverlight assemblies to acheive this.  I'm using the WPF DLLs v2010.3.1110.35.  The closest Silverlight version I was able to find is version 2010.3.1110.1040 from Silverlight 4 - DLLs only (zip, 15 MB) http://www.telerik.com/account/your-products/product-versions/single-download.aspx?pmvid=2342&pid=0.  As soon as I add a reference to the Telerik.Windows.Documents.dll (version 2010.3.1110.1040 from SL package) to my project I get this error:

Unknown build error, 'Cannot resolve dependency to assembly 'System.Windows, Version=2.0.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e' because it has not been preloaded. When using the ReflectionOnly APIs, dependent assemblies must be pre-loaded or loaded on demand through the ReflectionOnlyAssemblyResolve event.'

Now, my guess is that the version number conflicts with other WPF Telerik.Windows.*.dlls I have included in the project (they are all v2010.3.1110.35).  Now, where can I get a set of Silverlight Assemblies that would match that WPF version?

Thanks,

-- Joel

[Iva Toteva]

Hi Joel,
Actually, you should be using the WPF DLLs for WPF applications. Using Silverlight DLLs in a WPF application will not work. Perhaps you have misunderstood, as we have advised developers who wish to use the rich text box in Silverlight applications server-side (from the web application) to use the WPF assemblies. If that is not the case, we would appreciate it if you could point the threads, so that we can clear the misunderstanding there too.
The WPF assemblies that are needed in order to have a RadRichTextBox should be available in the same folder as your other DLLs. Here is a list of them with regard to the functionality you will be using:

• Required:
  • Telerik.Windows.Controls;
  • Telerik.Windows.Documents;
• For UI (ribbon, context menu, selection mini toolbar):
  • Telerik.Windows.Controls.Input;
  • Telerik.Windows.Controls.Navigation;
  • Telerik.Windows.Control.RibbonBar;
  • Telerik.Windows.Controls.RichTextBoxUI;
• Export/Import in different formats:
  • Telerik.Windows.Documents.FormatProviders.Html;
  • Telerik.Windows.Documents.FormatProviders.Rtf;
  • Telerik.Windows.Documents.FormatProviders.OpenXml;
  • Telerik.Windows.Documents.FormatProviders.Xaml;
  • Telerik.Windows.Documents.FormatProviders.Pdf (export only);
• Telerik.Windows.Documents.Proofing.Dictionaries.En-US - default dictionary for spell checking in English.

I hope this helps.

All the best,
Iva
the Telerik team

[Joel]

Here is one thread that lead me to think that:

http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/wpf/richtextbox/create-an-instance-of-richtextbox.aspx
You can review the documentation of the Silverlight version, since you can use both versions of the control in one and the same way. More information on data-binding can be found here. The only difference is that the data providers have to be in the visual tree and not in the resources in order to work.

"you can use both versions of the control in one and the same way" led me off to think they were the same dlls.  

Once I though I should be using the Silverlight dlls this one (and a couple more which I can't find) were somewhat supporting the argument:
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/wpf/richtextbox/cannot-find-radrichtextbox-in-net-4-0-dll.aspx

Big assumption from my part.  Sorry for the confusion.

I went back to the WPF download page (http://www.telerik.com/account/your-products/product-versions/single-download.aspx?pmvid=2343&pid=0) and got the dlls only version (WPF 4 - DLLs only (zip, 12 MB))

After unzipping the file I only get these dlls:

C:\TEMP\RadControls_for_WPF40_2010_3_1110_Dev_hotfix\Binaries\WPF>dir *.dll

 Directory of C:\TEMP\RadControls_for_WPF40_2010_3_1110_Dev_hotfix\Binaries\WPF

10/11/2010  01:45 PM         2,315,264 Telerik.Windows.Controls.Charting.dll
10/11/2010  01:45 PM           304,640 Telerik.Windows.Controls.Data.dll
10/11/2010  01:46 PM         1,017,344 Telerik.Windows.Controls.DataVisualization.dll
10/11/2010  01:44 PM         2,010,112 Telerik.Windows.Controls.dll
10/11/2010  01:45 PM           641,024 Telerik.Windows.Controls.Docking.dll
10/11/2010  01:47 PM           864,256 Telerik.Windows.Controls.Gauge.dll
10/11/2010  01:47 PM         2,211,328 Telerik.Windows.Controls.GridView.dll
10/11/2010  01:45 PM           996,864 Telerik.Windows.Controls.Input.dll
10/11/2010  01:44 PM         2,143,744 Telerik.Windows.Controls.Navigation.dll
10/11/2010  01:46 PM         1,092,096 Telerik.Windows.Controls.RibbonBar.dll
10/11/2010  01:46 PM         1,141,760 Telerik.Windows.Controls.Scheduler.dll
10/11/2010  01:46 PM           880,128 Telerik.Windows.Controls.ScheduleView.dll
10/11/2010  01:44 PM           310,784 Telerik.Windows.Data.dll
10/11/2010  02:17 PM           248,320 Telerik.Windows.QuickStart.dll
10/11/2010  02:15 PM            19,968 Telerik.Windows.QuickStartLoader.dll
10/11/2010  02:17 PM         1,385,984 Telerik.Windows.QuickStartTheme.dll
              16 File(s)     17,583,616 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  945,473,507,328 bytes free

From your list, I am still missing:

Telerik.Windows.Documents;
Telerik.Windows.Control.RibbonBar;
Telerik.Windows.Controls.RichTextBoxUI;
Telerik.Windows.Documents.FormatProviders.Html;
Telerik.Windows.Documents.FormatProviders.Rtf;
Telerik.Windows.Documents.FormatProviders.OpenXml;
Telerik.Windows.Documents.FormatProviders.Xaml;
Telerik.Windows.Documents.FormatProviders.Pdf (export only);Telerik.Windows.Documents.Proofing.Dictionaries.En-US 

Where can I get those?

[Iva Toteva]

Hi Joel,

Please excuse me for misleading you. I had overlooked the most important part of your post.
RadRichTextBox for WPF's first release was Q1 2011. That is why it does not appear in the Q3 2010 version of the controls (2010.3 1110). In order to use it, you have to upgrade to Q1 2011 (2011.1 315) or even better - the Q1 SP1 (2011.1 419).

Kind regards,
Iva
the Telerik team

[Joel]

OK, I'll give that a try.

Thanks for the quick response!

-- Joel