Introduction to the WebExplorerBar

Get aquainted with the WebExplorerBar by adding groups and items to the bar. In this tutorial you'll see how you can recursively nest items in the bar and get started using the client side object model to interact with bar items.

Introduction to the WebTab

In this tutorial you get an introductory overview of the WebTab control. See how you can enable the following behaviors…

It’s hard to say goodbye to something free, but this farewell doesn’t have to be forever.

The latest release of Quince featured a free trial of the ‘pro’ features, but that trial expired today, March 1, 2010.  Whether you are looking for reasons to ante up for a paid subscription, or you are just need to be reminded of some of the compelling reasons to move your trial subscription into a paid account…

One of the more frequently asked a questions regarding the WebDataGrid surrounds the modes in which the grid executes CRUD operations. The grid features a property called AutoCRUD which configures the grid to work closely with an ASP.NET data source control, while the manual CRUD mode gives you explicit control over the executing logic.

To help explore the details surrounding these two approaches to CRUD operations, I…

As you could probably tell from my recent posts, my work lately has included the building up of content to help answer WebDataGrid frequently asked questions. I wanted to have a good amount of material before I released the FAQ, but now the time is here. If you are using the WebDataGrid, please take a moment to review these links and hopefully you’ll find something that will be valuable to you or your team!

Here are the media items I posted this week. I hope you enjoy!

	Silverlight 4 with Jeff Prosise Jeff Prosise joins the show to discuss the details surrounding the new LOB features of Silverlight 4 beta.
	WebDataGrid Validation Learn how to include client-side validators in the WebDataGrid during CRUD operations. See how to use stock ASP.NET validation controls as well as working with custom validators. Finally…

This week I released a few tutorials on commonly asked questions for the WebDataGrid as well as a introductory video demonstrating the exciting new features of Quince.

WebDataGrid Client-Side CRUD

Learn to send add, edit and delete messages for the WebDataGrid from the client. The sample in this demonstration uses the ObjectDataSource, but you may use this approach with any ASP.NET data source control.

• Watch the vid…

Some of our customers are seasoned development veterans that bear the scars of years (or perhaps decades) of deadlines, bug reports and code in production. These veterans exist widely among our customer base, but they are not alone. Other customers approach our toolset not only new to Infragistics, but new to .NET and sometimes even new to development as a whole. In an effort to close the gap of information available…

Tim Heuer and Jesse Liberty join Craig Shoemaker to discuss the new features of Silverlight 4, advice for real world development, the new Silverlight HyperVideo Player and more!

Check out the episode here!

Back in April I posted a video to the Community Site that demonstrates how to Lazy Load the WebDropDown control. After working with customers who encountered some problems using the DropDownOpened client event, I wanted to cover some alternative approaches to for lazy loading.

There are a number of ways you might choose to implement the deferred loading and in this post I outline two common ways you may want to consider…

While at PDC this year I had an opportunity to interview a number of smart and engaging people. One of my guests was Scott Hunter (@coolcsh) who these days is responsible for WebForms, ASP.NET Data and seemingly much more. To my surprise Scott wanted to talk about what is coming after ASP.NET 4!

Taking a step back and looking at ASP.NET, tooling, data and the entire experience of working with the .NET stack Scott’s team…

Noted speaker, author and developer Billy Hollis discusses his approach to user interface design. Rather than attempting to fine-tune a single concept, Billy shares the process he uses to find the best approach to developing his client’s applications.

Watch the video here

See how subtle differences in charting and data visualization techniques make a dramatic difference in data comprehension. In this video Dr. Komischke re-envisions a chart found in a recent issue of Time magazine and explains the process of making data palatable to users.

Watch the video here

Working with pixel shader effects can become a time consuming endeavor if you are without an easy way to tweak and test the effects. In this Pixel8 video Walt Ritscher introduces Shazzam, a utility aimed at making quick work of developing and fine-tuning XAML pixel shader effects.

Watch the video here.

Not in Los Angeles? Not at PDC? Not to worry!

Not being able to make it to PDC shouldn’t stop you from being able to win some cool prizes! Infragistics is teaming up with the good folks from Not At PDC to offer some free goodies even if you can’t make it to the convention.

The Prizes

First place winner receives an Asus Netbook!

Technical Details

• 1.33GHz Intel Atom Z520 Processor
• 1GB of DDR2 RAM, 1…

The Concept

I created “Ugly Outfitters” to showcase the interaction between Infragistics Drag & Drop, jQuery and Microsoft Ajax Preview 6.

Why Ugly Outfitters? Well, I decided that rather than just dragging around some bland icons on the screen why not attempt to inject a little bit of humor into the process. Like I said... attempt ;)

If you want to jump right in take a look at this short video demonstrating…

Most often the JavaScript files used by Infragistics controls are pulled into a page automatically by the ScriptManager. If you need to access a script file directly however here are the required steps:

1. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Infragistics (or the path you chose to install the toolset)
2. Open the folder for the version of the toolset on your machine. For instance: NetAdvantage 2009.2
3. Open the ASP.NET folder

I recently posted details on a new open source project I have started that aims to help you learn the intricacies of using Model View ViewModel and Presentation Model. The project is called VM Workshop and it’s initial offering includes demonstrations on how to implement a simple list/edit/persist scenario using the following UI platforms:

• Silverlight
• WPF
• WebForms
• ASP.NET MVC
• Ajax
• WinForms

Code is available in…

The upcoming release of our Silverlight Data Visualization controls includes a host of new features and controls. Here are some videos to get you started:

Using Spatial Data in the XamWebMap

This video takes you through the process of reading spatial data out of a XML file, serving it to the control through a WCF service and loading the map with the Infragistics SqlShapeReader. The code in this video is more extensive…

As the year marches on we are looking at a number of upcoming releases. The Silverlight Line-of-Business controls, Silverlight DataVisualization controls and the ASP.NET controls are all due for volume release in the coming weeks. While I work on recording and producing videos for these product lines, I thought I would highlight some of the videos I’ve recently done for our latest releases.

The following videos…

The coming release of the Silverlight line-of-business toolset brings a number of rich controls to the Silverlight development arena. To get you up and running with the controls I am pleased to present a handful of screen casts that help get you started in the Silverlight Commanding Framework and the xamWebGrid.

Commanding Framework

A feature native to WPF, but still missing from Silverlight, is a commanding framework…

When I reported for Infragistics booth duty at TechEd 2009 the first person to walk up to me smiled and said, “So... what do you guys have for MVC?” Now I am pleased to announce I can do more than smile back.

The following is a set guidance for working with the Infragistics NetAdvantage ASP.NET toolset in ASP.NET MVC. This guidance comes with articles (this being the first of many), how-to videos, a support…

I recently posted a video and article showing you how to persist moved columns on the WebDataGrid. I used extension methods to add functionality to serialize and reapply the column layout to the grid.

Do any of you have extension methods that you've used to extend any of our other controls?

As promised in my last post, I have some new videos for you demonstrating some of the new controls and features of our latest web client release:

• WebDropDown Data Paging
• WebDropDown: Lazy Loading
• WebProgressBar: Setting the Value

Enjoy!

Our latest release, NetAdvantage Web Client 2009 vol 1 is due to release to the public in mere days, but if you would like a sneak peek at just a few of the long list of new features check out the following videos:

• WebDataGrid Custom Row Edit Templates
• WebDataTree Custom Templates
• WebDataMenu Custom Templates
• WebDropDown Custom Templates

More to Come

In the coming weeks I plan on doing videos and articles on the following…

I recently created a new video that shows you how to use the NetAdvantage Client Side Object Model (CSOM) to select an manipulate rows in the WebDataGrid. Enjoy!

Part 1

Part 2