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Hi friends!
This promotion is not a “first-revealed” one. Maybe you have already seen it on different sites … And have not paid attention.
We’ve had before an older version of this promotion ( from the same Alok if we’re not wrong ) - expiring on Oct 31st, 2009 … But we have seen it published on Raymond’s forum and we’ve said : “Ok! There’s no need to talk about it anymore.”
To our big surprise the tip was extremely underrated on Raymond’s Forum , just some 272 viewers ( see screenshot. Greetings “ha14” ! )… And as we have noticed ( Thank You Alok ! ) the software developer has extended the promotion untill January 31st, 2010 … AND we can download the brand new version Q3 …
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… We have decided to put it on the front page of 4Free where it can be read by some few dozens of thousands readers ( not in one day, of course ) … And you can add the usual 4 Free buzz.
This is not the kind of popular software - the system utilities tools “so dear” to Franck&co
- but a very specialized set of tools we’re sure we’ll rarely have the occasion to find in free promotions. So it doesn’t hurt at all to talk about different softwares like the today’s subject ( and like the yesterday’s Site Content Analyzer (GOTD) reviewed by Franck ).
RadControls for WinForms ( from Telerik- Bulgaria ) includes over 50 UI controls that you can use to easily build unique and visually stunning Line of Business applications.
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GUI screenshots Gallery ( click on thumbnails to enlarge )
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Take advantage of the offer now and enjoy a powerful grid, advanced docking control, highly-customizable scheduler and everything you need to build unique and visually stunning line-of-business applications.
Included controls
Calendar, Carousel, Chart, ColorDialog, ComboBox, ListBox, Dock, Editor, GridView, PanelBar, RibbonBar, Rotator, Scheduler, SplitContainer, StatusStrip, TabStrip, ToolStrip, TreeView.
All Telerik WinForms products are
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How to grab RadControls for WinForms Q3 2009 4 Free ?
1. This is a Special Promotion for all active MSDN subscribers (valid until January 31st, 2010).
Go to this promotional page and register . ( Check the righ bottom side - “No account? Register in 30 seconds “)
2. You’ll instantly receive an email message containing a confirmation link. Click on it …
3. … And you’ll arrive on a Password Management Page. Fill in your password twice and hit “Save”
4. Now you’re on RadControls for Winforms Free Edition, containing “TELERIK End–User License Agreement”. Read it carefully … tick “I have read and agree to the License Agreement” …and hit “Continue”
5. Now you can download the 148 MB installer for RadControls for WinForms Version: 2009.3 1103 (Nov 3, 2009)
That’s it ! Just run the installer, no registration required.
Notes :
A. It installs 274 Mo on your HD.
B. You can read here the online Help Manual
C. You practically get the standard version ( worth $799 ) BUT “The license comes with community support only” … And NOT premium support like the $999 version . See here
D. Requirements
* A 1 gigahertz Pentium processor
* At least 256 megabytes of RAM
* A 1024 x 768 16-bit display
* 300 MB of hard drive space for a full installation
* A Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device
See HERE and in screenshot below the OS and .net framework requirements.
Enjoy … all advanced computer users !
Regards everyone !
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Great Find! Looks like a interesting one, and quite professional!
Thanks again!
Hi,
Thanks 4Free Team .
Best regards !
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Hi!
Hi 4Free Team,
Looks like a great find but not something I need right now. I am sure you will have lots of other happy members who can use it. Keep up the good work.
Bill
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Hi Bill!
There will certainly be just a few readers needing this software … But we have just done our job and revealed another promotion.
Regards !
Great find, even if I can’t use it! Kudos! Also, 4Free Team, thanks for the heads up about the unnameable site. I wasn’t aware.
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Hi !
It’s on you and you only to appreciate the quality of a site you read.
We’re just wondering why on earth anybody would ever need “guru’s reviews” … Especially when the guru is a fake ( and teenager ) one.
Just use google for the software you need and you’ll find REAL reviews, from experienced professionals who are not just traffic-hunters.
At least this is what we do.
Best regards !
Hi folks,
Just wanted to say very impressive yet again….i don’t think it’s for me though, but well done all the same. I suppose i can’t be super lucky every-time lol. Maybe next time lol
Enjoy 4 freers and great job team….again and again
CZ
1 point
Thank you!
Sure wish I needed this,or even knew how to use it.
As you said,it was another promotion, not for everyone.
Thanks.
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Hi!
I can fully understand the “wish I needed it” part.
As for “how to use it” it has very clear and comprehensive tutorials.
… For those who will ever need it .:)
Regards !
This just might be very useful for me! :). Either way looks like some fun playing when I get some time! Thanks again!
As a former developer this looks quite interesting. Maybe I will begin to play again and make use of it. Thanks as always for the excellent free software.
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Hi Leland!
We hope it’s useful.
Regards !
Wow, what a find. I wasn’t sure if this was something I could use or not so I checked out the online tutorial. Turns out I can’t find a use for it.
You can’t please all the people all the time but you seem to at least please some people all the time. Looking forward to the next great HF.
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Thank you!
Thanks, but I got this already when it was first originally posted at Raymond.cc
Hi! This means you were among the 272 readers of that post … And I doubt you have gotten the last version - Q3.
Regards !
I think you missed out important information:
“Supported Development Tools:
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008″
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Not a spam, I swear!
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Hi !
Lucky to have you!
It turns out that “big boys” - like you - manage to read all the infos they need … Especially in this case - a complex software, not for everyone.
Regards !
As an “advanced computer user,” I was curious about what this program could do for me, and/or what I could do with it. A look through the online help manual (link provided above) indicated that it is intended for a subset of “advanced users:” developers and programmers. Although you can indeed install it on machines meeting the specifications shown above, it is useless unless you are creating an application using either of two IDEs (Integrated Development Environments). The next lines on the page which shows the installment requirements notes identifies the only “Supported Development Tools:
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005; Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.” Free, “Express” versions of these IDE’s can be downloaded direct from Microsoft. Anyone wanting to use RadControls must first master the learning curve for those applications. Once that is done, the free materials available for learning how the use RadControls are available from http://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/resources.aspx. These resources include a 657-page PDF “for beginners” which is called a “Step By Step Learning Guide” (http://www.telerik.com/documents/Telerik_RadControls_for_Winforms_courseware.pdf). That’s a lot of steps. It’s great to see developers getting a chance at “goodies” which could really be useful to them, without the huge cost ususally associated with them.
One further note. The full name of the product is “RadControls for WinForms.”
WinForms turns out to be a casual form of of the name Windows Forms.
In their article on Windows Forms, Wikipedia says that “Windows Forms is the name given to the graphical application programming interface (API) included as a part of Microsoft’s .NET Framework.”
Great find. Nice that this can be shared with us. Like you said not for everyone. I dont know what it for or enen how to use it. (That what google is for). I will lood into it with google to see what its about, until then I just let this one be. Good luck to all who can use it. I await the next HF.
Well I’ll get it,not too sure what I’ll do with it, plus I have no computer at the moment
(motherboard died) so I’ll grab this and use it when I get back up and running!
Again, very impressive find. I look forward to the next one, too.
Thanks for the efforts.
Unfortunately not useful for me
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Maybe the next one !
Very cool!! Thanks, I can make use of this! Not really intended for those of us who haven’t bought the really expensive MSDN subscription, but oh well, if it works, it works!
Very unique find but probably with a limited audience
Looks like I may have to reinstall VStudio to try this out. Thanks
Wow! What an awesome find! Besides getting in on the free software, I’ve spent some time going through their web site, and they definitely provide world class software tools and documentation to support it. Thanks for saving me 800 bucks!
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Hi David !
Good to see the pros among our readers.
Best regards !
This offer is too good to be true. Control suites like this are a developers delight, eg. DevExpress ( around $2000 ) ; but Telerik and Infragistics are gaining quick popularity and having a control suite free means much more for developers .
Thanks a lot for this , and hoping to see many more developer freebies in the futures.
Thanks a lot again .
Sujay
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Hi Sujay!
It seems you really enjoy this.
we can only be very glad about that !
Regards !
I am an .NET developer and I am drooling over this (sorry for the mess :p). I just wish this were the ASP.NET controls since I do more on the web development side.
But this is still VERY cool. Telerik is one of the big names, if not the biggest name, in UI controls for the .NET world.
Just want to shout out a big Thank You to 4 Free!
$799 4freeeeeeeeeeeee ! Great Find !
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… For those needing this software… It’s not bad, indeed.
Regards
hi
thanks for the promo
and it is a break from the ordinary, albeit that it is for business users, but oh well
cheers~
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Hi!
It’s a tool for software developers and works with C#, VB, etc. It replaces the default (and kid of ugly) controls built inside Microsoft’s Visual Studio with nicer ones, adding new options as well. I’ve looked at the documentation a bit and the new controls are very easy to use. I’ll probably make use of these controls in the near future for one the applications I’m developing.
Thank you for a great tool 4Free!
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Thank you for the fast feedback.
Glad you can find use for it.
Regards !
Looks really good, hours of fun in there!
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Hi Bill!
First we get NetObjects Fusion 10 and now this. Yhanks 4Free for highlighting this.
I’m not sure that would have stood out readily on RaymondCC and the significance may have been missed.
Thanks Alok & 4Free.
oh, great, now I also have to learn how to code!
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Hi Curt!
As you say very specialised, give this one a miss thanks.
Dan
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No problem … Maybe the next one.
Regards!
Wow! Wow! Wow! This is sooooo great! I’m currently using their Q1 2008! This is so awesome!
Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!
Thanks a lot! This is very specific software and very useful for the application developers.
I got it smoothly.
Thank you Alok and 4FreeTeam!
Thx a lot, I grabbed this one!!!
I don’t think I can use this, I’m still not sure exactly what it is but I’m really sure that those that can use it will be really grateful.
Excellent find well done
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Hi Bob!
Tks! Looks VERY promissing, and I do have an immediate use for it, if it does what it seems it does. I’m on a very tight time schedule, but I’ll try to test it and return to you before the promotion is over.
Not 4 me,thanks anyway guys…!!!
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Hi!
Thanks, I’ll get this … slowly that is, since (download seems to hold at 10kb… Download will be complete in a few hours….
Unfortunately not for a “not so advanced” user like me.
I think Rocky (above) said it well:
“You can’t please all the people all the time but you seem to at least please some people all the time.”
I’m still looking forward to the next great HF.
Cheers!
I’m no programmer. But WOW! What a great app for anyone who is.
Thank you team & Alok !
I would have never paid attention to this kind of software. My gratitude to all sharing interesting details in their comments.
Regards !
Thanks for the efforts.
Unfortunately not useful for me
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Salut Kalymero!
Le prochain, peut-être.
Downloaded it twice with some kind of problem at the end. First by Firefox and second by Orbit. Although Orbit informed download was finished, it did not change the name of the downloaded file. Suffix remained .0B! or something like that. I just renamed it excluding this suffix and leaving the .exe suffix and it all worked fine. Installed without problems.
I thank all the administrators on this site have actually benefited from all your information very valuable
Thank YOU!
Just Checked Your forum
Thanks for this HF
I was in need of such a kind of soft for my work ,will write in detail later on after using it
I knew its a wonderful software but not meant for everyone
( Hey no one can satisfy or fulfil everyone’s wishes at the same time)
More to Come
Thanks Anyway
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Thank you!
TC
Nice one
Unfortunately not something I have any use for now.. But I’m sure there are plenty of people who has a great use of it.
I love all of your HFs..
Very nice find! 800$ thats awesome
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Thank you Eddy !
Not for me.
I’m sure the advanced computer users are appreciating this product.
Keep it up team !
Great find but not for me this time. Keep them coming team.
Bill S.
Nice find for all the developers and budding developers out there.While not for me,I still get excited over seeing these different type of software being made available rather than seeing one system utility or conversion tool after another like on some of the other sites.
This is definitely a great HF, should come prove rather useful in future projects.
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Hi !
Not for me either, but lucky are those that can use it!
A great find for sure. 4Free Team & community rocks!
Thanks for a great find. It’s not for everyone but fantastic to anyone who has a need for it as this is a top software. I think it’s taken over by Microsoft. Correct me if I am wrong.
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Hi!
It looks like Telerik is a world lider in this field and a Microsoft Gold Partner
Read this very recent article
http://au.sys-con.com/node/1187994
Hi! Thanx and Kudos for this HF!
I’m sure you’ve made some people extremely happy with this one. Keep up the great work!
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Thank you!
I don’t think it’s something i will use for my normal activities ,
however … great job !
many lucky people will enjoy this promo !
bye
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Hi !
I have not checked this, but there seems to be a way for XXXX
Please let me know if this works.
Thank you Alok! we,ll check it
Regards !
That’s exactly the kind of promotion I like. That’s true that I can’t understand how many video converters and system optimizing tools some people need…
(but it’s nice everyone has his own taste, so…)
To speak the truth I have absolutely no use for this HF. I’m pretty sure it’s really top notch product for true. (I insist on purpose. We sometimes use “top notch” expression too easily… my 2 cents…)
I’m not a developer. But I can understand how this kind of tool can dramatically helps developers in their works.
I’m very glad this HF occured on 4 free. As a matter of fact, I didn’t see it at raymond’s freebies. I guess I saw Winform and knew I couldn’t use this one.
But I repeat: it’s one of the best promo published on 4 free. Exactly what I like : making me see things I wouldn’t have seen otherwise, and learning new things.
Great !
Hi again,
Ok, I’ll admit that at first I had absolutely no idea what this program is about. And that alone confirmed my initial statement (in the according upcoming HF, which for some odd reason never saw the light of the day, never mind) that the price tag indicated that it wouldn’t be sth for the masses. So, I went over to their side and looked around, started going through the online Manual and the moment I was just getting an idea what this could be about, I noticed (just like pozmu) the defining requirement: “Supported Development Tools…”. So, I said “definitely not sth for me”.
But, I told a friend of mine about it (he’s in develpoment) and he got all excited and said he would use the opportunity to get this as it’s great, rich featured, one of the best of its kind and so on. So, I said “ok, at least I mad one person happy today”.
So, thanks 4Free Team for this one; diversity is what makes this world interesting and I wouldn’t have it any other way when it comes to this community.
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Thank you!
Did you get a chance to see if this promotion could be used by non-MSDN subscribers as well? I had sent you a link for that a few days back.
No worries if you have not gotten a chance since the promotion is valid for some time still…
Hi Alok!
If I’m not wrong that’s just the download page ( point 5 from our”How to grab RadControls for WinForms Q3 2009 4 Free ?”)
Anyway ! In our promotion description there is no sign of MSDN subscription. We have all seen any Telerik registered member can get the free software.
Regards !