Telerik blogs

Every week, Telerik's staff produces a vast amount of online resources to help you - our users in their work with the products. The purpose of this blog series is to keep you updated of the latest, most demanded and most popular documentation, knowledge base and code library articles, videos and useful forum threads.

JustTrace

Profile Windows Store apps with JustTrace
Windows Store Application profile type in JustTrace allows you to profile Windows Store Applications written on .NET.
Explore the new JustTrace features. You will be surprised!
What's new in JustTrace Q3 2012.
4 Steps to Profile Your Apps
Getting started with JustTrace and how to profile your app.

Just Decompile

Decompile with a Bang!
Find out what's new in the latest major Q3 2012 release of JustDecompile

JustMock

Future Mocking
This post will show you how to mock an external library (concept) where it calls a login service class that cannot be sent via dependency injection.

Automocking with JustMock
Auto mocking containers are designed to reduce the friction of keeping unit test beds in sync with the code being tested as systems are updated and evolve over time.

Mocking LINQ Queries
In this post, you will see how easy it is to mock a LINQ query using JustMock for a given context.

Abstracting Dependencies with JustMock
But even if you follow the rules of SOLID and inject all of the necessary dependencies in as interfaces, you are still faced with the fact that you depend on them. This is where mocking comes in to save the day.

Getting Started with NUnit, NUnit.Should, and JustMock
Before diving into mocking with JustMock, it’s important to note that JustMock is a mocking framework, and not a testing framework. In this post you'll see how to setup a test project and execute some initial tests using NUnit (testing framework), the NUnit Should extensions, and JustMock.

JustCode

JustCode Code Style Settings for C#, Part 1
Description of the code style settings (how your code will be formatted) for C# in JustCode

JustCode Q3 – Typing Assistance Improvements
How we have improved JustCode's assistance while you type code in the latest major release of the product

JustCode Keyboard Shortcuts Profiles
Blog post about the new feature to choose a keyboard shortcuts profile in JustCode that will best align with your way of work

Save Your Visual Studio Settings in the Cloud
Now you're able to have your Visual Studio settings anywhere together with JustCode

How to Create a JustCode Extension
JustCode is extensible and you can add the feature that you need. Here is how.

Kendo UI Complete for ASP.NET MVC

Using UTC time on both client and server sides.
This project shows how to keep a DateTime property in UTC format on both server and client sides when using a Grid with Ajax Binding and editing.

Kendo UI Web

Kendo Grid Localization
Help article describing the localization options of the widget.

OpenAccess ORM

Handling Error: Invalid object name 'voa_keygen' in runtime
A Knowledge Base article that helps you overcome the above-mentioned runtime error - in most cases due to a missing Identity field in some of your Domain Classes.

Reporting

How to: Import reports created with the VS Report Designer - introducing the new Import Wizard.
Report Templates - introducing trdx report templates.
Report Designer Configuration - explains the settings of the Telerik Reporting engine that can be defined in a custom configuration section called Telerik.Reporting.
Extending Report Designer - explains how to add your own User Functions or bind to custom CLR objects.

RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX

RadEditor: Inner toolbars are displayed in multiple lines
When there are CSS styles applied through global selectors (tag names) the elements in the RadEditor may not have the expected rendering.

RadMenu: Creating Context Menu at Runtime
Help article that describes how to create RadContextMenu at runtime.

Updated articles

RadInput: Understanding the Single Rendering HTML Output and CSS Styling
Updated content.

RadPivotGrid: Range Grouping in RadPivotGrid
Added ShowGroupsWhenNoData property.

RadListBox
Added code examples in the following articles:

RadAsyncUpload
Added code examples in the following articles:

RadControls for Silverlight


RadCalendar:
How to Customize the Calendar Buttons - This help topic explains how to apply different Style to some buttons in the Calendar using StyleSelector.

RadDiagram:
Remove the ViewGalleries caption in the RadDiagramToolbox - This forum thread demonstrates how to remove the OpenCloseButton and the ViewGalleries caption in the RadDiagramToolbox

RadGridView:
Unfocused state for the selected GridViewRow - With Q2 2012 we have introduced a new Unfocused state for the selected GridViewRow. It will be shown when the GridView is out of focus. If you want to revert to the previous behavior you can check this help article.

RadTimeLine
RadTimeLine Selection - This help topic demonstrates how to make the timeline more interactive by adding a selection behavior.

RadUpload:
Upload files directly in a database using the RadUpload control - This CodeLibrary project demonstrates how to use the RadUpload control to select and upload images directly in a database.

RadControls for WPF

RadCalendar:
How to Customize the Calendar Buttons - This help topic explains how to apply different Style to some buttons in the Calendar using StyleSelector.

RadDiagram:
Create custom shapes in the RadDiagram with MVVM - The forum thread elaborates on how to create custom shapes in the RadDiagram following an MVVM approach.

Populate the RadDiagramToolbox with custom business data - In this forum thread you can find a sample solution and guidelines on how to populate the RadDiagramToolbox with custom business data and based on the data type drop different objects on the diagramming surface. The attached solution also demonstrates an approach for providing custom information in a SettingsPane tab.

RadGridView:
Unfocused state for the selected GridViewRow - With Q2 2012 we have introduced a new Unfocused state for the selected GridViewRow. It will be shown when the GridView is out of focus. If you want to revert to the previous behavior you can check this help article.

RadPivotGrid:
Saving and loading the state of the LocalDataSourceProvider- In this forum you will find example how to save the current state of RadPivotGrid and when you restart your application, to load it again from this state

How to edit the ControlTemplate of RadPivotFieldList and filter some of its public properties - In this forum you will find useful information how to edit the ControlTemplate of RadPivotFieldList and also how to filter some of the public properties that you do not want to show in RadPivotFieldList

RadRichTextBox:
Guidelines for Printing with RadDocument - As RadDocument is sometimes used independently of RadRichTextBox to layout content and export it, this article explains the basics of creating a document programmatically.

RadControls for Windows 8

RadGauge for Windows 8 XAML
The documentation for RadGauge for Windows 8 XAML is improved and contains richer resources.

WinRT app guide: Step 10: Adding a lightweight database (SQLite) and CRUD support + two-way element binding
Our Evangelist Iris Classon shows how you could create a Windows Store App using SQLite and RadChart for Windows 8 XAML.

Interacting with the RadDatePicker and RadTimePicker for Windows 8
An in-depth guide on working with RadDatePicker and RadTimePicker for Windows 8 HTML.

RadControls for WinForms

RadDock
Using Singleton forms in MDI scenario with RadDock - explains the case of singleton in RadDock
Docking 'Singleton' forms in RadDock - due to high demand of a singleton scenario with RadDock, we have created and article which explains how it can be achieved:

CodedUI

Build stronger applications with Coded UI Tests for WinForms. Today. - All four levels of CodedUI are not supported by RadControls for WinForms
Overview of CodedUI support - get a basic idea of what is CodedUI
Requirements of CodedUI - see what are the prerequisited to start using CodedUI
Getting started with CodedUI - a tutorial explaining how to get started with CodedUI - how to record your first test
Supported controls and actions - a list with all controls and actions supported by the controls. This list will be updated with the time.

Sitefinity

Form responses: Changing the default template of email notifications for forms responses
Explains how to make a custom template for forms notifications.

KB: Fixing broken permissions inheritance maps in Sitefinity
Explains how to resolve problems when operating with permissions, caused by corrupted permissions inheritance map.

Ecommerce: “Shop By” Filters come to Ecommerce in Sitefinity 5.2
Explains how you can add Faceted Filters to Sitefinity Ecommerce, allowing a merchant to add a product filter to any Sitefinity product listing page, by dragging and dropping a widget onto a page.

Styling: Styling a Sitefinity website
A few tips for best practices when creating a Sitefinity template and quick and powerful ways to control the appearance of page elements.

Personalization: Right Content, Right Person: New Content Personalization in Sitefinity 5.2
Overview of Sitefinity’s new Content Personalization feature

TeamPulse

You are not authorized to access TeamPulse
When you get error "You are not authorized to access TeamPulse" when accessing your TeamPulse instance there are two main reasons. You do not have license or you make a spelling mistake when you created your first user.

Error after Install or Upgrade
When you get an error that contains "AuthorizationService.TeamPulseAuthorizationServiceClient" after install or update TeamPulse you should check if youf IIS is configured correctly.

Reset ASP.Net with IIS
The KB describe how to reset or register ASP.NET 4 in your IIS.


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