Release History

Highlights

• Includes the final WebAii v2.0 core framework (version 2.0.7).
• New control wrapper (both AJAX and Silverlight), improvements and bug fixes.

WebAii RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX updates

New control wrappers:

• RadListView
• RadDataPager

Improved sample tests cross-browser support -- IE8, FF, Safari fixes.

Calendar:

• Exposed two more SelectDate() overloads (no culture argument).

Grid:

• Exposed the GridFilterItem control via RadGrid property.

Menu:

• Added complete ContextMenu support (requires RadControls internal build (Nov 23) or official Service Pack of Q3 2009 when available).
• Fixed the support of Grid Filtering menu and TreeView built-in ContextMenu.

New control wrappers:

• Book: RadBook, RadBookItem.
• Buttons: RadSplitButton.
• RibbonBar: RadRibbonBar. QuickAccessToolbar, WindowTitle, RibbonGroup, RibbonButtons (Button, RadioButton, DropDownButton, SplitButton).
• TreeListView: RadTreeListView, RadColumn, RadTreeListViewItem, RadCell.

Various improvements for custom control templates support.

Buttons:

• RadButton: Exposed .Text property for easy verification.
• DropDownButton: Fixed NullRef. error -- RadDropDownButton no longer exposes HasDropDownContent property.

Calendar:

• .SelectedDates property returns the built-in SelectedDatesCollection (ArtOfTest.WebAii.Siverlight) type instead of the custom type used till now.
• Exposed RadCalendar.DisplayMode property.

ComboBox:

• Fixed non-editable combo throwing exception on .Text or .ContentPresenterElement call.
• Fixed .Items throwing exception before opening the popup for the first time.
• Addressed .Items backwards compatibility issue.

Docking:

• Fixed PaneHeader and ToolWindow API causing exceptions related to RadButtons in the control template.
• PaneHeader button click (Pin, Close) methods do not search for RadButtons anymore (added support for Q2 2009 and older RadDocking template).

HtmlPlaceholder:

• Fixed timeout error accessing the frame element.

MediaPlayer:

• Exposed .ControlPanel property, the element holding the MediaPlayer buttons (play, stop, next/previous chapter, toggle mute, etc.).
• Exposed Index property for MediaItem and MediaChapter.
• Exposed the control element names used among the wrappers.

PickerTextBox:

• Fixed incorrect XamlTag mappings initialization.

RadGridView:

• Removed GridViewExpandableRow wrapper
• RadGridView:
  • Removed ExpandableRow property
  • Exposed CanUserSelect property
• GridViewRow:
  • Exposed IsExpanded Property
  • Exposed ChildGridView property
  • Exposed Expand, Collapse and Toggle methods
• GridViewFooterCell:
  • Exposed Text property
• GridViewCell:
  • Exposed IsEditable property and Text property
  • Exposed Checkbox property, Image property, TextBlock property, Combobox property
• GroupRow:
  • Removed ExpandableRows property
• GridViewHeaderCell:
  • Exposed Text property

TabControl:

• TabItem: The deprecated Select() method has been removed.
• Exposed TabPosition property comparing the content and the tabs layout.

Upload:

• Improved the upload timeout handling, extended the API to be able to pass custom timeout values.

Window:

• Fixed .IsMinimized wrong value after minimizing the window.

Other Fixes:

• Safari shutdown timing issue (affects tests running under NUnit)
• Default find strategy in VisualFind is now WhenNotVisibleReturnNull for designer browser
• More globalization issues with GetRectangle()
• Safari issues running multiple tests
• Make Silverlight Thickness comparisons work in code gen
• Failure to record Silverlight when translators or their dependencies don't load correctly
• Generating bad FindExpressions that can crash VS
• Crashes from weird visual tree serialization
• EnsureClickable in Silverlight code gen container
• Increased click delay to 50ms
• FindAttribute updates: Added support for Silverlight + Renamed FindExpressionAttribute to FindAttribute for brevity.
• Removed the FindExpressionAttribute from Common. This class lives in ArtOfTest.WebAii.TestAttributes
• Hierarchy clauses if multiples exist in on clause then we use the first one rather than throw an exception
• If a UIElement has a Clip specified, restrict all its visual children to be within its rectangle. This may not be correct behavior.
• Bad rectangles for Silverlight apps whose plugins have a CSS border
• VS Crash when Silverlight control shadows a property using the "new" keyword
• RepeatButton playback weirdness