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Export to Word, Excel and Csv with RadGridView for Silverlight
I’m happy to announce that with Q1 2009 version of RadControls for WPF and Silverlight you will be able to get the grid data in different formats using three extension methods: ToHtml(), ToText() and ToCsv(). I’ve made small demo to demonstrate how to use all these in a Silverlight web application for Word, Excel and Csv export: [Download]... -
Desktop WPF
Displaying Hierarchy in RadGridView for WPF
Building on my previous post where I talked about how to bind data to the RadGridView, today I want to show how you can display hierarchical data in the grid. I will follow the same concept of building an application for a car repair shop to manage vehicles in for repair. I will leverage two classes to display the data. The original Car class which was used previously and a new CustomerComplaint class. The Complaint property of the Car object was initially a string, but we need to allow for several issues to be reported so we will use the CustomerComplaint class to...January 22, 2009 2 min read -
Release
RadControls for WinForms SP2 Now Available
Today Telerik released the second service pack for the Q3 2008 RadControls for WinForms. It's been about a month and a half since SP1, and in that time a lot of great fixes and improvements have been added to the controls. The release notes, as always, have the full list of what's changed in this release, but here are a couple of enhancements of interest. RadGridView Introduced an API for customizing XML Serialization Enhancements to the Validation API Improvement of the memory footprint and resource management RadDockingManager Improved layout with Tabbed Documents New property AutoHideSize which can be applicated to DockPanels and TabbedDocuments While... -
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Server-side paging, sorting and filtering for your Silverlight DataGrid
I’ve made small demo how to perform server paging, sorting and filtering with RadGridView for Silverlight using ADO.NET DataServices and dynamic LINQ: All operations are applied directly to the data-base server: And you have minimal traffic between server and client: With this approach you can handle millions of records! Enjoy! [Download]... -
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Simplifying OpenAccess Scope in ASP.NET with HttpModule
Whenever you start working with a modern ORM tool, one of the biggest challenges is figuring out how to manage the "scope" (or sometimes called "context" or "data context"). It is this transactional space where the ORM tool keeps track of changes being made to "persistent objects" in your application so that they can be saved to your "persistence layer" (usually a database) when you're ready to commit them. But figuring out when to create a scope, when to close it, and all the annoying problems that result from closing a scope too early can be very frustrating, and they... -
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RadTips, Episode 11: Customizing the Look of the RadAjaxLoadingPanel for ASP.NET AJAX
I’m happy to announce another episode of RadTips, a series of screencasts offering tips and tricks for using Telerik's RadControls. If you've missed previous episodes, be sure to check them out. Each is only a few minutes long and covers a specific feature of the RadControls. Here is a list of the last few episodes... Using the LinqDataSource in your RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX Customizing Appointments with Resources in the RadScheduler for ASP.NET AJAX Customizing Templates in the RadScheduler for ASP.NET AJAX Spell-Checking with the RadSpell for ASP.NET AJAX Add an 'Export to PDF' Button to the RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX If you’re... -
Desktop WPF
Displaying data quickly in the RadGridView for WPF
The RadGridView for WPF uses the ItemsSource property for binding data. ItemsSource is actually of type System.Object which not only allows you to bind to any data source that implements IEnumerable, but also the ADO.NET DataTable and DataSet. In this post, I am going to demonstrate how you can quickly bind data to the RadGridView for WPF. The task will be to build a car repair shop application which will display all the cars currently in the shop. To get started we need to have some data, so we will use a simple class to store Car information. public class Car { public string Make { get; set; }...January 20, 2009 2 min read -
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BDD. Optimizing the stories.
As I said in my previous post I preferred using tools (StoryQ and NetSpec) to using descriptive method names (those with long names containing lots of underscores). Well, I lied. At first I was convinced that the tools would be good enough for me but as it usually occurs the truth lies somewhere in between. Here's what I have in mind. Let's take as an example the famous sample showing how you could apply BDD when you want to develop the logic for transferring money from a savings account to a cash account. If you use StoryQ you could end up having something like this: [TestMethod] public void TransferToCashAccount() { ... -
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RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX are now compatible with DotNetNuke 5.0.0
At the very end of 2008, the DotNetNuke Corporation released a new major version of their web application framework - DNN 5.0.0. Our modules and skinobject PAs were not compatible with the new release because of a change in DotNetNuke's handling of files and subfolders in the PA archive. With the new RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX service pack release (2008.3.1314), we updated our DNN resources to be compatible with the 5.0.0 installer. The new build of the RadControls modules and skinobjects for DotNetNuke can be used in version 5 and 4 as well. If you find an issue with the... -
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BDD. It's not about the tools but... just in case.
The agile manifesto says "Individuals and interactions over processes and tools" and I completely agree, the processes and tools won't turn your project into a success story, the individuals and interactions will. But what if you're already satisfied with the individuals and interactions and you're starting to look for how you could make your life easier. And here comes the role of the tools - to bring as less overhead as possible and at the same time help you meet your goals easier. That's what I was looking for when I decided to give BDD a try. First I had to decide which of the following...