WPF Dowloads

[Rene]

A couple of questions:

1)  The *TRIAL* download page for WPF controls list the following options:

WPF 3.5 - Automatic Installation (msi, 199 MB)
WPF 3.5 - Manual Installation (zip, 193 MB)
WPF 3.5 - DLLs only (zip, 19 MB)
WPF 4 - Manual installation (msi, 92 MB)
WPF 4 - Manual installation (zip, 193 MB)
WPF 4 - DLLs only (zip, 19 MB)

As you can see, There is no "Automatic" installation for the WPF 4 controls? Is that just a typo? is the "WPF 4 - Manual installation (msi, 92 MB)" really supposed to be named "WPF 4 - Automatic installation (msi, 92 MB)"? The link for the payed version appears to label them correctly.

2) the download page also list hot fixes for both 3.5 and 4.0 versions. Do i still have to apply the hot fixes or are they included on the latest full download?

3) If I installed the 3.5 version by mistake and now want to install the 4.0 version. Will the WPF 4.0 installer ask me if I want to upgrade my 3.5 dlls to 4.0 or do I have to do all this manually. If I have to do it manually is there a link that show the steps to follow to make this as painless of a process as possible?

Thank you. 

[Hristo]

Hi Rene,

Straight onto your questions:

1) Indeed this is a typo and the .msi file is supposed to be the automatic installation. Thanks for pointing this out. I have updated your Telerik points.
2) You should use the hot fixes only if you upgrade an older version. If you use the latest version everything is included in the installation files.
3) If you want to move from 3.5 to 4.0 you just have to uninstall the current version and install the desired one.


Kind regards,
Hristo
the Telerik team

[Rene]

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3) If you want to move from 3.5 to 4.0 you just have to uninstall the current version and install the desired one.
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Is not that simple, you must go to each project and update the references manually to point to the new file versions.... which it may or may not be a pain depending on the number of projects you have.

• Also, I wanted to point out that there does not seem to be a way to figure out what version of the controls you are using (3.5 or 4.0). The description on the "Programs and Features" screen info says "Telerik RadControls for WPF Q1 2011 SP1" nohwere in there does it shows if it you installed the 3.5 or 4.0 .Net version.

• Finally, I am curious about why the .Net 4.0 version of the download seems to be a lot smaller than the 3.5. Any reason for this?

Thanks.

[Milan]

Hello Rene,

The best way to set up your project is to have a separate folder (called Lib, for example) on the root level of your project. Simply copy the needed assemblies in that folder and reference the assemblies from there. 

  This approach will have an advantage over your current set-up. For example, you will not worry about uninstalling and installing products since your custom folder will be intact. In addition to that when you decide to upgrade to a newer version you should simply copy the new assemblies over the old ones in your Lib folder and all projects will pick up the change.

Regarding the version info, we know that this is a problems now and we are working on resolving all related problems. 

Lastly, the .msi for .Net 4.0 is smaller because it does not include documentation files. We are also working on providing documentation for .NET 4.0.


Greetings,
Milan
the Telerik team