I am happy to announce that with Q3.2009 SP1 we have added a new important styling option for the scrollbars of textboxes and overflown <div /> elements for Apple Safari and Google Chrome:

If you are running a custom skin and would like to use the new functionality, here are a few easy steps to upgrade:

1. Make sure that you are using Q3.2009 SP1 (2009.3.1208.35).

2. Open [RadControlsInstallationRoot]/Skins/FormDecorator.css – the base stylesheet of RadFormDecorator and go to line (Ctrl + G) 612, i.e. where the "ScrollBar CSS Settings for WebKit" code comment is.

3. Copy the CSS rules from line 612 to the...

Yesterday myself and Carl from the Boston area office attended the MSDN Northeast Roadshow stop in Waltham, MA for a good day of geeky goodness.  Chris Bowen and Jim O'Neil from Microsoft were again on point with informative (and fun!) presentations on the following topics:

• Something WCF This Way Comes
• RIA Window: Expression, Silverlight, and MVVM
• LINQ De-crypted
• Tales from the Webside- ASP.Net Webforms, Ajax, and more

The sessions were action packed (watch out for flying RoadBlocks!) with tons of good info.  While they all rocked, my personal favorite were the looks into WCF and RIA development talks.  The WCF talk covered a walk through why you'd move to...

The updated installation and hotfix files have been uploaded to the users’ accounts.

The release version is 2009.3.1208.

You can find the download files under your accounts at:

• For Licensed users: http://www.telerik.com/account/downloads.aspx
• For Trial Users: http://www.telerik.com/account/free-trials.aspx

The online examples have been updated and can be reviewed at:

Silverlight Demos

WPF Demos

The Source Code now addresses the latest changes and it can also be downloaded from the licensed users’ accounts:

RadControls for Silverlight Source Code

RadControls for WPF Source Code

The sample applications’ source code (MyTweets, MyAlbums, Astoria Demo and Telerik Sales Dashboard) is also available for download and has been built against the latest version.

For full release notes please visit...

Telerik released the December CTP of the Data Services Wizard earlier this week. Here is a video by .NET Ninja in training Peter Bahaa on using the wizard:

Telerik OpenAccess Data Services Wizard December CTP from Stephen Forte on Vimeo.

You've probably already heard about the CDN support of RadScriptManager and RadStyleSheetManager (part of the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX suite).

 

Removing the need to manually edit the web.config file, the Project Management Wizard (started through the Telerik -> RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX > Convert to Telerik Project/Configure WebSite menu) now allows you to define if you want to enable or disable CDN support for each of the controls globally (website wide).

 

In a manner, similar to the global skin, CDN support can be enabled/disabled at control level, overriding the global setting in the web.config file. All you need is use the CDNSettings property...

The 2009 Q3 Service Pack 1 landed in your accounts just minutes ago and it holds a great surprise.

Starting with this release you’ll be able to load the control scripts and skins from the Telerik CDN.

You can deploy your applications with CDN support free of charge. That’s right - we cover all hosting expenses for the CDN.

The Telerik CDN is hosted on the Amazon CloudFront service. This is a global content delivery service with edge locations in the US, Europe and Asia.

Coming soon to a cloud near you

Why use a CDN?

Using the Content Delivery Network has a number advantages:

• Reduced...

It’s been a while since the Q3 2009 release. Lots of controls have been added in our toolbox for WPF. One of them is considered as a final official release of RadDocking control for WPF. We have made a lot of improvements since the last release of the controls. For example each of the six themes included in the bundle now has different type of appearance when applied to a control. RadDocking is a fully customizable and skinnable control that enhances the power of a layout system. It is providing you with a docking system like the one in Microsoft Visual Studio. You are getting the dockable ToolWindows, a hidden DockingManager control, and a designer to easily create attractive layouts. It is good to mention that the WPF RadDocking code is absolutely compatible with its Silverlight counterpart.

We are proud to announce our December CTP of the Telerik OpenAccess Data Services Wizard (formerly known as the WCF Services Wizard). The Data Services Wizard (DSW) allows you to easily create a CRUD data service layer for your application. The DSW does this by using a data access layer already built by OpenAccess and automatically generating the C# code for your endpoints. The types of endpoints you can create are:

• WCF Data Services (FKA Astoria and also FKA ADO. NET Data Services)
• Raw WCF endpoints
• WCF REST Collection endpoints
• WCF ATOMPub endpoints

This version of the Data Service Wizard is very robust; we have made lots of changes based on your...

Usually one may control the report appearance and the data it displays through report parameters. The Silverlight report viewer, just like the other two, offers built-in user interface that enables end users to interact with the reports. Still there are cases when one may further need to control the report definition according to a custom logic that runs in the client application. However, since we have introduced the Silverlight Report Viewer the greatest challenge our clients have faced is that there is no direct access to the report definition in the Silverlight application.

 

To provide the ability to specify the parameter...

The official launch of WebUI Test Studio version 2.0 has been scheduled for Thursday, December 10. As you surely know, the new version features major upgrades, such as the industry-first in-depth Silverlight UI recording capabilities, completely revamped highlighting surface, as well as handy “gadgets” like 3-D element inspection, drag-n-drop wizard, new coverflow-like visual storyboard, and more.

If you’d like to stay ahead of the curve in the field of web application testing, you should definitely get a seat in the joint webinar Todd Anglin (Telerik Chief Technical Evangelist) and Faris Sweis (ArtOfTest CTO and Product Architect) are organizing to get you acquainted...