http://aspalliance.com/author.aspx?uId=69701 AspAlliance articles by Brian Mains This article examines the Silverlight HeaderedContentControl class, which displays content with a header and content pane. It takes a look at the various ways Silverlight can use this control. http://aspalliance.com/1860_Using_the_Silverlight_HeaderedContentControl Brian Mains Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Silverlight Toolkit contains the Accordion control, the control that functions similarly to its AJAX equivalent. We'll examine this control and explore is various features, looking at what Silverlight offers over its AJAX equivalent. http://aspalliance.com/1855_Using_the_Silverlight_Accordion_Control Brian Mains Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT This article looks at the various containers in Silverlight and examines how each container works. It also illustrates combining containers together to facilitate a container's needs and examines the various differences. http://aspalliance.com/1845_Examining_Various_Silverlight_Containers Brian Mains Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Microsoft released a chart control that provides the ability to generate charts in a .NET environment. In this article, Brian shows how to setup this control. http://aspalliance.com/1828_Using_the_ASPNET_Chart_Control Brian Mains Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT This video illustrates how to setup the RadScheduler control from Telerik's RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX. This includes information on setting up the architecture, inserting, updating, deleting appointments, and more. [12:58] http://aspalliance.com/1821_Video_Using_the_RadScheduler_Control_from_Telerik Brian Mains Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT This article illustrates a basic setup for the Telerik RadGrid control to perform features like: binding, grouping, sorting, filtering, and more. [6:24] http://aspalliance.com/1815_Video_Setting_up_the_Telerik_RadGrid_Control Brian Mains Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT This article illustrates how Telerik uses AJAX, and how any developer can easily tap into its approach for performing partial-page postbacks rather easily. This approach is meant as a replacement for the UpdatePanel, while providing additional features the UpdatePanel doesn't have. [4:33] http://aspalliance.com/1814_Video_Using_Teleriks_AJAX_Features Brian Mains Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT This article looks at building web sites using the RadControls toolkit from Telerik, which is a third-party tool set that has great controls for building web sites. In this first part of the series, Brian examines how to setup a web site using the various controls shipped with the tool set. He starts with a detailed overview and then provides comprehensive coverage of the PanelBar, Rotator, and Docking controls with relevant source code followed by detailed analysis and screen shots. http://aspalliance.com/1793_Building_Web_Sites_with_Telerik_RadControls__Part_1 Brian Mains Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT In this second part of the series, Brian demonstrates how to add AJAX features for an application that already has been built using the server-based approach of posting back and processing data on the server. This article shifts the application to doing more work on the client. After providing a detailed overview of the topic, he examines the steps required to implement AJAX features with the help of a sample application which renders news content using the ListView control with the help of relevant source code. http://aspalliance.com/1763_Building_Web_Sites_with_ASPNET__Part_2 Brian Mains Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT In this first part of the series, Brian delves into setting up an ASP.NET web application that makes use of object-oriented design patterns while making use of the latest and greatest technologies as they make sense. He begins with an overview of the project creation using Visual Studio 2008 including the coverage of the modal popups feature. Brian also examines the usage of themes and the implementation of searching with the help of screenshots and related source code. http://aspalliance.com/1750_Building_Web_Sites_with_ASPNET__Part_1 Brian Mains Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT