RadControls for Silverlight includes over 25 UI controls that can be used in pure Silverlight applications or as parts of existing ASP.NET applications. Sharing the same codebase with our WPF components, the Silverlight controls offer a clean and intuitive API, complete Blend support and powerful theming capabilities that will radically improve your RIA development.

Included components

Calendar, ContextMenu, CoverFlow, Cube, Docking, Drag & Drop, Expander, Gauge, GridView, MediaPlayer, Menu, Navigation, TabControl, TreeView, Upload, Window...

And more!

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Product Variants - RadControls for Silverlight

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Variant		Price (Ex. VAT)		Man Part#		Availability
Developer License With Subscription And Priority Support		£638.19		4127412323		4 working days		Add to Basket
Developer License		£510.42		8181418725		3 working days		Add to Basket

Other product variants may be available, please contact us or request a call back if you cannot see what you are looking for.

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New Features

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New in Q2'10

• NEW RadRichTextBox - provides rich text formatting and editing capabilities within Silverlight
• NEW RadDataPager - provides a navigation interface to page through any collection of data
• NEW RadDataFilter - easily build complex filter expressions
• NEW RadTreeListView - re-written from the ground up to combine the powerful data-driven features from RadGridView with the capabilities of showing hierarchical data in a TreeView manner
• NEW RadBusyIndicator - easily add a visual indication to your application while an activity is processed in the background
• NEW RadDateTimePicker - combines the features of Time and Date pickers into a single component
• NEW RadRating - allows your end-users to rate your content
• NEW Assembly Minifier - web-based tool to decrease the size of your XAP files
• NEW Transparent Theme - easily change the look and feel of your application by changing the background colour
• RadGridView - multiple cell selection support and copy/paste from Grid to Excel and vice versa

New in Q1'10

• NEW RadTransitionControl (CTP) - create transition animations that will appear upon changing the content of the control
• RadGrid - new RadDataPager feature, improved keyboard navigation, enhanced performance and much more
• Support for drag and drop between resource groups using the RadScheduler control
• RadChart - New data sampling API to speed up the display of millions of data points into a matter of seconds, zooming and scolling support and more
• RadMap - BingMapProvider now supports Bird's Eye View, includes built-in databinding support, routing support, geocoding support and more
• RadTabControl - now supports automatic stacking of tab items and more

New in Q3'09

• NEW RadRibbonBar control - provides an emulation of the Office 2007 ribbon UI
• NEW RadTileView control - Provides a easily browseable tile like view for an immersive user experience
• NEW RadOutlookBar control - Emulates the Outlook 2007 naviation bar
• NEW RadButtons control - New Button, DropDownButton, RadioButton and SplitButton controls
• NEW CTP's of RadBook, RadMap and RadTreeListView
• NEW Visual Studio Extensions provides easy project and control suite upgrade
• Updates to the RadGridView, RadTreeView, RadChart and RadScheduler controls
• Support for .NET RIA services
• NEW Windows 7 theme support for all controls
• And more

New in Q2'09 and Q2'09 SP1

• Q2'09 SP1 introduces full compatibility with Silverlight 3! With support for theming in Blend and support for the new .NET RIA services, validation for all input controls and numerous bug fixes and enhancements.

New Controls:

• RadScheduler for Silverlight - The new full-featured Silverlight Scheduler enables developers to easily add Outlook-style scheduling functionality combined with slick interface and advanced editing capabilities to their web applications
• Silverlight 3D Chart - The first commercial 3D Chart for Silverlight will help developers create stunning visualizations of large volumes of data

Common for all controls:

• WebAii Testing Framework - FREE testing framework for your Silverlight and ASP.NET controls and applications!
• Silverlight/WPF Code Compatibility - Easily build mirror website and desktop applications - Telerik's WPF and Silverlight controls share the same API making code easily portable between the 2 platforms
• Styling and Appearance - Two new skins, Office Blue and Office Silver, are added to RadControls for Silverlight to provide developers with richer choice of ready-to-use themes for their web applications

New in Q1'09

New Controls:

• RadGridView official release – Telerik have added on top of the default requirements for a grid, performance optimisation techniques to significantly reduce page loading time and to provide better user experience. Telerik have also added new advanced features such as hierarchy, frozen columns, Excel-like filtering, data export and many more.
• RadDocking official release - a docking system like the one in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 that ensures you have complete support of the latest user interface standards through full drag-and-drop support, floating windows, tabbed documents for flexible windows management, context menus.
• RadChart for Silverlight – with its interactivity and animations, Telerik Silverlight Chart leverages the capabilities of the Silverlight platform and allows you to create rich visualisations of enterprise data.
• RadMaskedTextBox editor - a highly customisable component for controlled data input in Silverlight applications.
• RadHtmlPlaceHolder – allows you to host HTML content into your Silverlight application.
• RadToolBar – allows you to implement tool and button strips. Its powerful customisation capabilities will let you craft every button on the toolbar independently to either display text, image or both.
• RadColorPicker – let you select from the 25 color palettes, highly configurable and customizable, RadColorPicker helps you fine tune the colors for your web page.
• RadEditor CTP – the control supports a standard set of the most commonly used text formatting options and provides extended programming API which allows you to easily manipulate the editor content.

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Benefits

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A comprehensive toolset from the masters of web UI

Traditionally, being one of the leaders in web interface technologies, Telerik now offers you RadControls for Silverlight – a comprehensive suite of 24 controls that bring style and interactivity to your LOB applications.

Engineered for Great Performance

RadControls for Silverlight are engineered for outstanding performance and smart use of UI and Data virtualization. Built-in “Load On Demand' mechanism for relevant controls allows for significant performance gains when working with heavy data.

Full support for Expression Blend

RadControls for Silverlight are fully stylable through Microsoft Expression Blend. You don’t need to learn yet another proprietary styling application or configuration tool.

Common codebase and shared API with WPF controls

All of the controls in the Telerik Silverlight suite are derived from the same codebase with their Telerik WPF counterparts, guaranteeing synchronized future development. Furthermore, both suites share the same API, which cuts in half the learning periods and ensures complete code reusability.

Full Interoperability with ASP.NET AJAX

RadControls for Silverlight are perfect addition for existing ASP.NET AJAX applications and work perfectly with Telerik RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX. This enables you to add sections with advanced vector interfaces when needed, without rewriting your working applications for scratch.

Ready-to-use Themes

Group styling is made easy thanks to the integrated theme support. Just set a single property and the components will be re-skinned. New skins will be added with every release. A unique style building mechanism allows you to change the skin’s color scheme of the whole suite with just a few clicks.

Industry-Best Technical Support

A successful software project does not take just quality tools. If you encounter a problem or need an advice, just contact our renowned support team. We will make sure you get your job done and deliver more than expected.