Pro Telerik ASP.NET and Silverlight Controls (Pro Series)

697 Pages·2010·10.78 MB·English

by  Jose Rolando Guay Paz

THE EXPERT’S VOICE® IN .NET

Pro

Telerik ASP.NET

and

Silverlight Controls

Master Telerik Controls for Advanced

ASP.NET and Silverlight Projects

Go beyond traditional ASP.NET and Silverlight controls

José Rolando Guay Paz

Foreword by Joe Stagner
Microsoft

Pro Telerik ASP.NET
and Silverlight
Controls
Master Telerik Controls for Advanced
ASP.NET and Silverlight Projects

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José Rolando Guay Paz
Pro Telerik ASP.NET and Silverlight Controls: Master Telerik Controls for Advanced ASP.NET and
Silverlight Projects
Copyright © 2010 by José Rolando Guay Paz
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To God for all the blessings I’ve received. Thank you Lord.
To my beautiful wife Karina, my wonderful daughter Sara Nicole and our new baby
coming soon. Thank you for being with me all the way with this project. I can’t thank
you enough. I love you. I promise I’ll make up the time I stole from you.
To my mother, Nelly, and father, Rolando, for teaching me all I needed. Dad, I know you
are not with us anymore but this book is especially for you. I know you would’ve loved
to see it. Thank you both for everything. I love you and miss you.
To my sister Loly, my brothers Juan and Ramon, my nephews and nieces.
I love you and miss you all.
Thank you to my family in law for all your support and encouragement
through all these years. Thank you.
Special thanks to Aunt Maritza and to Uncle Marco. This never would have
happened without them.

Contents at a Glance
■Foreword...........................................................................................................................xviii
■About the Author.................................................................................................................xix
■About the Technical Reviewer.............................................................................................xx
■Acknowledgements............................................................................................................xxi
■Introduction........................................................................................................................xxii
■Chapter 1: Introducing ASP.NET and Telerik........................................................................1
■Chapter 2: Getting Started With Telerik RadControls.........................................................15
■Chapter 3: Input RadControls..............................................................................................33
■Chapter 4: Navigation RadControls.....................................................................................61
■Chapter 5: Date, Time, and Scheduling RadControls........................................................97
■Chapter 6: Data RadControls, Part 1.................................................................................131
■Chapter 7: Data RadControls, Part 2.................................................................................229
■Chapter 8: Layout RadControls..........................................................................................281
■Chapter 9: Chart and Image RadControls.........................................................................329
■Chapter 10: Additional RadControls..................................................................................381
■Chapter 11: RadAjax..........................................................................................................421
■Chapter 12: Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC.............................................................499
■Chapter 13: RadControls for Silverlight............................................................................531
■Chapter 14: Introducing Telerik Reporting.......................................................................585
■Chapter 15: Telerik OpenAccess ORM...............................................................................621
■Index...................................................................................................................................661
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Contents
■Foreword...........................................................................................................................xviii
■About the Author.................................................................................................................xix
■About the Technical Reviewer.............................................................................................xx
■Acknowledgements............................................................................................................xxi
■Introduction........................................................................................................................xxii
■Chapter 1: Introducing ASP.NET and Telerik........................................................................1
ASP.NET...................................................................................................................................1
ASP.NET Web Forms..........................................................................................................2
ASP.NET MVC....................................................................................................................8
Telerik’s RadControls Suite of Components......................................................................13
Summary...............................................................................................................................14
■Chapter 2: Getting Started With Telerik RadControls.........................................................15
Installing the Controls and Tools.............................................................................................15
Downloading the Installers...............................................................................................16
Installing the Suites.........................................................................................................18
Installing Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC.................................................................20
Installing and Updating Controls Manually........................................................................21
Setting Up Your Application to Use Telerik RadControls...........................................................22
Configuring Telerik RadCompression......................................................................................27
Configuring Telerik RadUpload...............................................................................................28
Enabling RadScriptManager and RadStyleSheetManager........................................................30
Summary...............................................................................................................................31
■Chapter 3: Input RadControls..............................................................................................33
Introducing RadInput..............................................................................................................33
Understanding Common Properties and Events................................................................33
Using RadTextBox............................................................................................................36
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■CONTENTS
Getting and Setting RadTextBox Values............................................................................37
Working with Buttons.......................................................................................................38
Using RadNumericTextBox...............................................................................................39
Setting Minimum and Maximum Values...........................................................................39
Setting the Type of Numeric Values..................................................................................40
Using RadDateInput.........................................................................................................40
Formatting Dates.............................................................................................................41
Validating Dates...............................................................................................................43
Parsing Dates..................................................................................................................44
Using RadMaskedTextBox................................................................................................45
Setting the RadMaskedTextBox Mask..............................................................................45
Using RadInputManager...................................................................................................48
Introducing RadEditor.............................................................................................................49
Creating a Custom FileBrowser........................................................................................52
Customizing the Appearance and Tools............................................................................52
Localizing RadEditor........................................................................................................55
Checking Spelling............................................................................................................57
Creating Your Own Dictionary..........................................................................................58
Using System Modules.....................................................................................................58
Creating Your Own Module..............................................................................................59
Summary...............................................................................................................................60
■Chapter 4: Navigation RadControls......................................................................................61
Using RadMenu and RadToolBar.............................................................................................61
Binding RadMenu to a Datasource...................................................................................64
Showing Items in Multiple Columns.................................................................................66
Navigating with RadMenu................................................................................................66
Using RadMenu Templates..............................................................................................69
Setting RadMenuItem Custom Attributes..........................................................................70
Creating a Two-State RadToolBarButton..........................................................................72
Using RadTreeView................................................................................................................73
Performing Simple Navigation..........................................................................................73
Implementing Drag-and-Drop Functionality......................................................................74
Supporting Check Boxes..................................................................................................78
Loading Nodes on Demand..............................................................................................80
Modifying Node Text........................................................................................................81
Using Node Templates.....................................................................................................84
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