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IntelliSense for Expression Blend
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You've probably already seen this exciting news because it created a great stir in the blogosphere! However, we couldn't help but sharing it with you once again because it's so exciting!
Stefan Dobrev, a Software Developer at Telerik, has developed a great Expression Blend add-in that finally adds IntelliSense for editing XAML files. The BlendSense add-in lets you get the same autocomplete experience regardless of whether you develop/design in Visual Studio or Blend. Stefan has reused code from Kaxaml, and adapted it to work within Blend.
This is great news for those of you who've spent some time developing applications on Microsoft's latest UI platforms - WPF and Silverlight - and know that one of their weakest points is tool support. Visual Studio provides a great XAML coding environment complete with IntelliSense, but it has a designer that is far from interactive. Expression Blend, on the other hand, has a great visual designer for XAML, but won't allow you to modify the markup. Together, these tools form a pretty complete environment for development, but you know how annoying it can get to switch between Blend and Visual Studio when developing. Thanks to the new BlendSense add-in, this problem can be finally avoided.
Best of all, the add-in is free, open source, and available for immediate download!
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Free Webinar on RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX
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As many of you already know, our partners at Falafel Software recently launched a series of training sessions on Telerik products. After several very popular webcasts on Telerik Reporting, they now present a webcast focusing on Telerik's RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX.
The two-hour session will focus on the advanced features of RadGrid, and the last 15 minutes will be open for questions. The session will be presented by Lino Tadros, Falafel Software's President and CEO. The class agenda features a step-by-step tutorial covering the following:
Grid calculations:
- Footer aggregates
- Group footers
- Calculated columns
Templates:
- Global item template
- Nested view template
- Detail template
Client side:
- Client-side data bidning
- Displaying live data from a webservice
- Client-side insert/update/delete via webservice (CRUD)
- Extended client-side API: OnCommand, OnRowDataBound, sort/filter expression collections
- Items drag and drop
- Smart vertical auto-scroll
LINQ:
- Boosting performance with LINQ
The online training is free and will be held through GoToWebinar on Tuesday, September 2, from 12:30pm to 2:30pm EDT. A PDF courseware is included! Full details about the registration, along with the webinar materials and phone number to dial in, will be sent to all registered attendees before the webinar.
Get a seat now!
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Early Adoption Program for RadControls for WPF and Silverlight
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Have you already checked out our two new suites: RadControls for WPF and RadControls for Silverlight? As part of the Early Adoption Program for our new products, we would like to reward all community members who are eager to try the WPF and Silverlight suites.
Your feedback, ideas, and feature suggestions will be instrumental in helping us further develop the products so that they meet your requirements. You will get Telerik points for feature request, showcase example and general feedback. Learn more about the scheme according to which your ideas and suggestions will be rewarded.
You can use the public forums to share your feedback with us. The Early Adoption Program will be open until November 1, 2008. Your product suggestions and ideas are highly appreciated!
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Q2 2008 SP1 for RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX and RadControls for WinForms Released
RadControls for Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Released
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With this Beta2 release RadControls for Silverlight has been enhanced with several brand new controls:
RadTimePicker - an easy to use control allowing you to integrate time selection in your web applications. The control exposes an advanced parser that converts numeric/alpha-numeric values into a valid time. Using the templates of the RadTimePicker control you can arrange the items in your desired custom manner. The control also supports defining selectable time-range through its Start/EndTime and Interval properties, or binding to a collection containing pre-defined values.
RadExpander - a flexible control that helps you save space and achieve easier navigation through your site. You can place the expander anywhere on your page and embed any content inside the drop-down (content) area. RadExpander also gives you control over its ExpandDirection to fit your custom layout.
We included a common overlay mechanism for all controls using pop-up windows. This mechanism allows proper overlaying when several windows/popup objects appear on the screen.
The Documentation has also been updated with new general topics and some pretty advanced articles on databinding and styling.
See more on RadControls for Silverlight
See release notes for Silverlight 2 Beta 2
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Telerik Events Planner
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We wanted to remind you of the events Telerik will either be visiting or organizing during the rest of 2008. If you are a customer or partner of ours, we will be happy to meet you in person. If you just want to discuss our products and services, share feedback, or just pop in to say hello, you are very welcome as well!
Below is a schedule of events for the rest of 2008. We are also constantly organizing online presentations and webcasts, so check our website for updates. We look forward to meeting you!
Houston TechFest: Sept 13 / Houston, TX, USA
Heartland Conference: Sept 28-30 / Minneapolis, MN, USA
DevReach: Oct 13-14 / Sofia, Bulgaria
Microsoft PDC: Oct 27-30 / Los Angelis, CA, USA
Microsoft DevConnections Fall: Nov 10-13 / Las Vegas, NV, USA
Gilbane Boston 2008: Dec 2-4 / Boston, MA, USA
IMS: Dec 2-4 / London
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