With the Q1 2009 SP2 release of RadControls for Silverlight we introduced an enhancement of the LocalizationManager class. Two new properties were added to enrich the localization support in the suite - DefaultCulture and DefaultResourceManager. With the new properties you no longer have to always create an instance of the LocalizationManager. Here is a brief description of the two properties:

• DefaultCulture
  A static property of type System.Globalization.CultureInfo.
  Use this one to change localized values without changing the UI culture of the current thread.
• DefaultResourceManager
  A static property of type System.Resources.ResourceManager.
  Use this one to change localized values using a new resource manager, i.e. a new resource file.

Example:

The attached...

In the upcoming Q2 release RadScheduler  will include a new property called AppointmentTemplateSelector. This property will be included in both  Silverlight and WPF versions of the control.

Using it,  you will be able to easily apply different DataTemplate  to the appointments by any custom condition.

All you need to do is to create a custom class inheriting from the  DataTemplateSelector class and override the SelectTemplate method.

 

For...

Following the release plan of RadScheduler for Silverlight we are proud to take you one step further with the public RadScheduler for Silverlight Beta.  A week ago we launched a private build by sending it only to the beta testers that were willing to take part in this early beta release. Now that we managed to further improve the control, we are launching this public beta featuring the following major functionalities:   

• Day/Week/Month View
• Edit Forms
• Recurring Appointments and Exceptions
• Localization support
• Built-in Dialogs
• Drag & Drop and Resizing of appointments
• Office Black theme
• Ability for customizing appointments and edit dialog

Other major features to come with the official Q2...

 

Telerik Sales Dashboard demo application shows you how to benefit from: 

• Code reuse between the Silverlight and WPF UI
• Implementing the Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight ("Prism")
• Using OpenAccess ORM for building an optimized data layer with little or no coding 

The Telerik Sales Dashboard is a demo application for monitoring a company’s sales representatives’ performance. The dashboard provides senior management with rich data visualizations for analyzing enterprise data, thus facilitating the decision-making process in a typical business environment. The demo demonstrates a best practice approach for structuring a large-scale enterprise application that has a single business-logic layer shared by two different presentation...

More info @ http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2912

Enjoy! :)...

How to add a right click context menu on a TextBox in Silverlight and also support simple editing commands, like Cut, Copy and Paste? This is pretty easy with RadContextMenu for Silverlight and I will show you now:

First I declared a TextBox and set the RadContextMenu.ContextMenu attached property on it:

<TextBox x:Name="TextContainer" AcceptsReturn="True" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Right click to open a fully functional context menu that depends on the selection and the clipboard content">
    <telerikNavigation:RadContextMenu.ContextMenu> 
        <telerikNavigation:RadContextMenu ItemClick="ContextMenuClick" Opened="ContextMenuOpened" Closed="ContextMenuClosed"> 
            <telerikNavigation:RadMenuItem Header="Cut" /> 
            <telerikNavigation:RadMenuItem Header="Copy" /> 
            <telerikNavigation:RadMenuItem Header="Paste" /> 
        </telerikNavigation:RadContextMenu> 
    </telerikNavigation:RadContextMenu.ContextMenu> 
</TextBox>

 

If you want to open the context menu with Right click, you need to make the Silverlight plug-in windowless. Otherwise, you should set the EventName and/or ModifierKey properties on RadContextMenu to configure it...

Our friends from Falafel Software have posted some interesting tips in their blog on extending RadComboBox while used in RadGridView for WinForms.

 

Feel free to check it out here: Smarter ComboBoxes inside a Telerik WinForms RadGridView

 

Thanks, Rachel!...

Hi there,

We're excited to present you the brand new installer of the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Q1 2009 SP2 suite. The installer passed all the internal tests successfully. I’d like to mention that we plan to add even more stuff for the official version (scheduled for Q2 2009). The new installer is still in beta testing phase and the official download is still using the “old” installer. Both installers extract exactly the same DLLs, Demos, Resources, Documentation, etc.

So what’s inside:

• RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Visual Studio Extensions are now shipped with the controls, allowing the creation, configuration and upgrade of a Telerik Web...

LINQ is a set of extensions to the .NET Framework that encompass language-integrated query, set, and transform operations. It extends C# and Visual Basic with native language syntax for queries and provides class libraries to take advantage of these capabilities. LINQ is great in improving the readability and maintainability of your code.

 

Our controls work flawlessly with LINQ and we plan to prepare a series of blog posts on utilizing LINQ when programming with RadControls for WinForms. Following last year’s Emulating Paging with RadGridView for WinForms and LINQ with 1 million records, now it is time to give you a quick overview...

Due to the constantly increasing interest in our Silverlight and WPF suites we saw the need of publishing one more service pack prior to the official Q2 release. A lot of improvements and new features are introduced following the vast amount of inquiries from you. All of the new stuff for both suites is ready for download under the users’ accounts, so download them, give them a try and you are more than welcome to share your thoughts and feedback. One new major feature is the newly added Localization support for RadUpload, RadTreeView, RadMediaPlayer, RadColorSelector, RadColorPicker and RadGridView control.

 

We also added a lot...