In this post I will demonstrate how to extend the Drag Drop functionality of the RadDragAndDropManager adding command support by using the attached behaviors extensibility. That way one can easily move the logic for the operation from the code behind into your model and work only with the Data object. To demonstrate the idea I will use scenario where items are being dragged between ListBoxes.

The behavior transforms the Drag Drop events into commands. It exposes the following properties:

- DragCommand – executed when dragInfo event is raised.

- DropCommand – executed when dropInfo event is raised.

- DragCueTemplate – data template that defines the dragcue...

Telerik and e-Zest will be sponsoring two Agile seminars on January 18th at the MCCIA in Pune, India. Hope to see you there!

Seminars on
Agile Development and Testing
Tuesday January 18^th 2011 @ MCCIA, Pune

INTRODUCTION

The Agile methodology has been adopted at many organizations. Unfortunately, many still struggle with the various methodologies (XP, Scrum, Kanban, etc) and can’t settle on just one. While some organizations do have successes is implementing Agile with the development team, they tend to forget other vital parts of the process, mainly testing. We will present two separate seminars, one on how to choose which agile methodology (or how to mix and match several pieces) to implement in your...

We have just shipped the first RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Q3 2010 maintenance release that contains mainly fixes and several improvements for the AJAX controls. Below are some of the important enhancements that you may find useful:

• Updated jQuery library used in Telerik.Web.UI to version 1.4.4
• (Grid) GridNumericColumn.DecimalDigits property and LocalizationPath property to specify custom location for XML resource files
• (Rotator) Support for reflections in the Carousel and CarouselButtons modes
• (StyleSheetManager) Ability to combine style sheets in a designated external folder
• (TreeList) WCAG Level A accessibility compliance

The complete release notes list is available here and the updated online demos are can be...

Now you can download RadControls for Windows Phone examples directly on your phone from the Windows Phone 7 marketplace. Check out the unique animations and page transitions, the Window, the UniformGrid and many other controls that can’t be found in the Microsoft Windows Phone toolkit.

If you’d like to see the controls in action, check the Mood Swing application also available on the Marketplace. It is built with RadControls for Windows Phone, using RadWindow, RadWrapPanel, RadDatePicker and RadTimePicker. Mood Swing enables you to track your feelings and share them with the world in the most unique and elegant way. Just...

Telerik, being the pioneer in supporting emerging technologies, not only provides native direct connectivity to the OData protocol in its UI products, but also offers several systems which expose their data using the OData protocol.

The Open Data Protocol is a data exchange protocol by Microsoft that enables data transactions to be carried over standard web protocols (HTTP, Atom, and JSON) for querying and updating data. OData is being used to expose and access information from a variety of sources, including but not limited to relational databases, file systems, content management systems, and traditional web sites.

The Telerik's OData support extends...

Our first major installment for 2011 (due in Spring 2011) will see vital improvements across some of the most important controls in the Telerik Windows Forms suite. Check the details in the Q1 2011 WinForms Roadmap.

Highlights:

• New control - Wizard Control
• New major version of RadTreeView for Windows Forms
• End-user improvements for RadScheduler 
• Office 2010 Backstage view for RadRibbonBar
• Right-to-Left Language and Localization improvements across all controls
...

Let us know about your reading habits when it comes to print media and you might be the lucky winner of a $250 Amazon Gift Certificate. All you have to do is answer this 7-question survey telling us more about the way you perceive content in print developer magazines and journals. 

The survey will close on January 5, when we will draw the winner. We will e-mail the winner and announce his/her name in this blogpost on January 6.   

Thank you in advance for your participation. Your time and consideration is appreciated!...

Having spent a couple of months focused on Windows Phone 7 development, I must admit that Microsoft have managed to bring something completely unique and intriguing to the mobile world. Not only the fact that the UX has nothing to do with what’s currently on the shelves, but also the whole platform with its potential and developer accessibility make WP7 very thrilling. I really think that ‘Silverlight’ and ‘mobile’ are two words that should have been stick together anytime soon and with WP7 Microsoft made what should bring them back on the scene – they simply brought Silverlight into mobile.
In...

While developing the RadControls for Windows Phone 7 QSF we heavily discussed how the screen real estate should be organized so that we can display as much content as possible without losing on the UX front. We have many examples where user input is required which automatically implies increased amount of controls on the example page and thus leading to difficulties when optimally using the screen space.

For instance, our Animation examples allow for adjusting animation parameters to better demonstrate functionality. At the beginning we implemented the input via TextBox elements: we allowed the user to type in the desired value, after that...

When we started preparing our development infrastructure for the RadControls for Windows Phone 7 suite one of the interesting challenges that we faced was the automation of the unit tests execution. Of course, each developer could run the tests on their local machine manually, but this approach is rather cumbersome, especially when the amount of unit tests grows as the project evolves. Therefore we decided to take some time and research the possibilities for running our unit tests on the Windows Phone emulator automatically by integrating them with our MSBuild projects.

The idea we came up with is quite simple in...