Hi the team,

If possible a new r.a.d Gantt diagram for process. Very easy for you!
 
Best regards

I (among millions of other Windows users) have Stardock WindowBlinds installed and I am running the Vista Plus (adni18) skin, but when pulling up the Examples for the WinForms telerik bits I get a lot of black boxes and lines where telerik skinning should be.

When I unload WindowBlinds, the WinForms demo renders correctly.

I come across incompatibility with WindowBlinds frequently, especially in custom-skinned apps, so this is no surprise. However, it would be nice if telerik was ahead of the game on this.

We cannot find the RadTrackBar in our tools menu.
How do we use it?
Thanks.

Hi,

When I create a new project, add the Telerik references, and then put a Ribbon bar on my main form and run the program I get an exception throw when the QuickAccessMenuHeight is set (designer generator code).  The exception and a stack trace are below.  What am I missing?

Thanks



"A first chance exception of type 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException' occurred in mscorlib.dll

Additional information: Could not load file or assembly 'Telerik.WinControls.XmlSerializers, Version=1.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5bb2a467cbec794e' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
"

     mscorlib.dll!System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(System.Reflection.AssemblyName assemblyRef, System.Security.Policy.Evidence assemblySecurity, ref System.Threading.StackCrawlMark stackMark, bool forIntrospection) + 0xd4 bytes   
     mscorlib.dll!System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(System.Reflection.AssemblyName assemblyRef) + 0x1a bytes   
     System.Xml.dll!System.Xml.Serialization.TempAssembly.LoadGeneratedAssembly(System.Type type = {Name = "XmlTheme" FullName = "Telerik.WinControls.XmlTheme"}, string defaultNamespace = null, out System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializerImplementation contract = null) + 0xb0 bytes   
     System.Xml.dll!System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.XmlSerializer(System.Type type = {Name = "XmlTheme" FullName = "Telerik.WinControls.XmlTheme"}, string defaultNamespace = null) + 0x111 bytes   
     System.Xml.dll!System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.XmlSerializer(System.Type type) + 0x7 bytes   
     Telerik.WinControls.dll!Telerik.WinControls.ThemeSource.ReloadThemeFromStorage() + 0x26e bytes   
     Telerik.WinControls.dll!Telerik.WinControls.ThemeSource.OnThemeLocationChanged(Telerik.WinControls.RadPropertyChangedEventArgs e) + 0x37 bytes   
     Telerik.WinControls.dll!Telerik.WinControls.ThemeSource.OnThemeLocationChanged(Telerik.WinControls.RadObject d, Telerik.WinControls.RadPropertyChangedEventArgs e) + 0x3e bytes   
     Telerik.WinControls.dll!Telerik.WinControls.RadObject.OnPropertyChanged(Telerik.WinControls.RadPropertyChangedEventArgs e) + 0x53 bytes   
     Telerik.WinControls.dll!Telerik.WinControls.RadObject.UpdateEffectiveValue(Telerik.WinControls.RadProperty dp = {Telerik.WinControls.RadProperty}, Telerik.WinControls.RadPropertyMetadata metadata, bool isCoerceValue, bool isOldValueValid, object oldValue, Telerik.WinControls.ValueSource oldValueSource, bool oldValueIsDeferred, bool coerceWithDeferredReference) + 0x34c bytes   
     Telerik.WinControls.dll!Telerik.WinControls.RadObject.SetValueCommon(Telerik.WinControls.RadProperty dp, object value = "Telerik.WinControls.UI.Resources.RibbonBarThemes.Telerik.xml", Telerik.WinControls.RadPropertyMetadata metadata, bool coerceWithDeferredReference) + 0x2e7 bytes   
     Telerik.WinControls.dll!Telerik.WinControls.RadObject.SetValue(Telerik.WinControls.RadProperty dp, object value) + 0x54 bytes   
     Telerik.WinControls.dll!Telerik.WinControls.ThemeSource.ThemeLocation.set(string value) + 0x2f bytes   
     Telerik.WinControls.dll!Telerik.WinControls.ThemeResolutionService.RegisterThemeFromStorage(Telerik.WinControls.ThemeStorageType storageType, string themeLocation) + 0x50 bytes   
     Telerik.WinControls.UI.dll!Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadRibbonBarElement.RadRibbonBarElement() + 0x71 bytes   
     [Native to Managed Transition]   
     [Managed to Native Transition]   
     Telerik.WinControls.UI.dll!Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadRibbonBar.CreateChildItems(Telerik.WinControls.RadElement parent) + 0x20 bytes   
     Telerik.WinControls.dll!Telerik.WinControls.RadControl.EnsureChildItems() + 0x62 bytes   
     Telerik.WinControls.UI.dll!Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadRibbonBar.QuickAccessMenuHeight.set(int value = 20) + 0xd bytes   

I created an extended class (new control) that inherits from the RadToggleButton class to provide an extra property called Value.

The Value property works great but my Themes are not recoginized by the new control even though i am inheriting from the base class.

How can i use the same Themes defined in my RadThemeManager to have the same look-n-feel of the RadToggleButtons?

Hi,

I have a RadTabStrip defined as follows on a page:

<radts:radtabstrip id="RadTabStrip1" runat="server">
  <Tabs>
      <radTS:Tab runat="server" Text="Page 1" NavigateUrl="Page1.aspx"></radTS:Tab>
      <radTS:Tab runat="server" Text="Page 2"       NavigateUrl="Page2.aspx"></radTS:Tab>
  </Tabs>
</radts:radtabstrip>

However when I try to use the FindTabByUrl like so I always get null.

RadTabStrip1.FindTabByUrl("Page2.aspx")

Thanks for any help
Gangleri.

telerik’s CTO, Hristo Kosev, states the following in one of his recent blogs (r.a.d.controls for WinForms SP1 released):  

Perhaps some of you may know, in order to offer Office 2007 UIs, component vendors need to pass Microsoft approval and obtain a license that allows ISVs to ship products with the Office 2007 UI. Fortunately for telerik customers, we are one of the very first component vendors to obtain rights to use the proper interfaces in telerik Windows Forms and ASP.NET controls.

We already got several requests for more information on this statement, so we decided to post the needed information in our Forums and clear any confusion that may arise.

Microsoft will be licensing their new Office 2007 UI to all customers who plan to use any part of the Office 2007 design and/or user interface in Windows applications. telerik provides one control which mimics the Office 2007 UI closely and this is r.a.d.ribbonbar. There is also the r.a.d.dropdown button which provides similar functionality to 2007’s Application Menu. Microsoft's decision to license the 2007 UI directly impacts both telerik, as a WinForms software vendor, and our customers, who will be using these controls.

The Office 2007 UI licensing was announced by Microsoft officially about a week ago. Here are some relevant links which should be able to address most of your questions:

• PressPass announcement
• Office 2007 UI licensing site
• A Channel 9 interview related to the announcement: http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=259548

As noted in the PressPass announcement, telerik is one of the early adopters of the program and indeed, we are one of the few licensed partners for the Office 2007 UI program at this time. We even helped shape the license agreement that Microsoft will soon offer on their site.

The early adopter license we have obtained entitles us to develop components that have the Office 2007 UI, but it does not allow us to pass this license to our customers. In other words, if you are developing applications which use Office 2007 UI (regardless if it includes our controls or not) you still have to register with Microsoft. I know this might sound cumbersome but as far as we know Microsoft have a number of pending patents for this UI and have decided to protect their IP more strictly. The license is free of royalty and charge.

The Office UI Licensing program provides licensees the rights to make their licensed products look and behave like Office 2007. Licensees will receive design guidelines that they will reference in the creation of their own applications. The Office 2007 UI license covers the user interface and visual appearance of all programs included in Office 2007, namely Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. These include, but are not restricted to the Application Menu, Ribbon, Tabs, Groups, Galleries, Mini Toolbar, Controls, Ribbon Resizing, etc. Further information will be provided to you in the guidelines. Unfortunately, we cannot share these guidelines with you before the official announcement.

According to Microsoft, the application process will take just a few clicks and the License agreement itself will be not more than a couple of pages long. If you want to apply for the program you will need to go to Microsoft's Office UI Licensing page (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa973809.aspx) as soon as the license becomes public.

In case you have questions about the program, there is an email at the bottom of Office UI Licensing page you can write to.

We have already changed our License agreement to reflect our position on the Office 2007 licensing:  

This license grants you no rights to the "2007 Microsoft Office System User Interface". For appropriate license, please, contact Microsoft directly.

We will also provide the above links to all parties interested.


Best regards,
Vassil Petev
Client Service Director

Hello,
Two questions:

1) How do you merge in code two dock panels so they are tabbed together?

2) Is it possible to assign a graphic to the Dock Tabs ? ( next service pack?)

Thanks!!

Bruce Van Buren

Hello,
Two questions:
 

Hi. I'm starting to build a Windows forms app using telerik components and wondered how you can validate a form. I've noticed the "causesValidation" property but wasn't sure if it's similar to the way ASP.NET pages are validated, using the Page.IsValid() function call. I didn't see any validation controls and wondered what the best-practices are for validation of a Win form.

By the way, I'm extremely impressed by the r.a.d. controls for WinForms. They're powerful, functional, and very aesthetically pleasing. Thank you :)

Hi,
I want to use combobox with images only in its items. Can I do this with your combobox control? Also I want to set gradient color which changes when the user hovers the item. Can I use images with transparency and some set some background color of the items?
Thanks.

Fedor