Monday, November 20, 2006

another Q3 update: SP3 released today



Unknown said...

Hi Todd,

I was wondering where to find information about "how to" update the controls.

Is there a step by step guide ?

The thing is that I have modified some of the skins in my project. That means I can't just drag and drop the whole thing, besides, I'm not using all the 18 controls and I would'nt want to have "extra" files in my project.

Also because someone else will take over my project in 2 weeks and I'd like to prepare some packaged information for him.

Thanks a bunch !

Sébastien Richer

Todd Anglin said...


With service pack releases, the only things you usually need to update are the r.a.d.control assemblies. Just replace the old .dlls with the new ones are you're ready to go. The only exceptions to that rule are editor, spell, and window. For those controls you also need to update the Scripts folder in each respective RadControls/[control name] folder.

Even with the major quarterly releases, you rarely need to update the skins directory. Except in cases where a control's definition has changed (such as panelbar in Q3), you don't need to update your skins with each release.

Finally, telerik does publish a "What's New" and "Changes and Backward Compatibility" document(and sometimes a full Upgrade section) in each product's help file with each release. That should help you deal with the situations where a control has changed signficantly in a release.

Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any additional questions.