Fixing Design Time Issues With the Telerik Control Suite

We’ve been using the Telerik ASP.NET Ajax control suite for quite a while now to speed products to market with rich Ajax functionality. We’ve also been forced to reinstall operating systems and development software many times over the years, and the Telerik controls have reinstalled themselves with varying degrees of success.

The most nagging issue we’ve run into is the controls not installing themselves correctly within the Visual Studio toolbar, a problem which seems to have been corrected in the build we just installed (January 2010). However, the controls still failed during design time throwing an error that we’ve seen many times during many past installs:

“Failed to create designer ‘Telerik.Web.UI.RadTreeView,…”

It’s not just the tree view, it’s any control that needs design-time support from their codebase. The solution to this problem is moving the compiled DLL into the Visual Studio folder. We found the answer in this obscure article on their site which we tracked down through a forum post.

http://blogs.telerik.com/AtanasKorchev/Posts/09-03-06/Meet_Telerik_Web_Design_dll.aspx

The solution is as follows:

Copy Telerik.Web.UI.dll to c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies and restart Visual Studio.

That made our Telerik installs happy. Please note that you’ll need to do this manually as you upgrade your component suites.

Happy coding.

Other News

How to Set up Site Kit in Your WordPress Site

Set up Site Kit in Four Quick Steps From your WordPress dashboard, navigate to "Plugins" and click on "Add New." Search for "Site Kit by Google" and install the plugin developed by Google. After activation, you'll be prompted to connect your WordPress site with your...

Important: Your Old Google Data Will Be Deleted

After more than 15 years, Google's previous data tracking model is finally getting a much-needed upgrade. The modernization of GA4 is driven by three key factors: A new data model that works seamlessly across devices Ability to function in a "cookieless" environment...

Installing Google’s Site Kit WordPress Plugin

In the ever-changing digital landscape, website owners strive to maximize their online presence and make data-driven decisions to enhance performance. For WordPress users, harnessing the power of Site Kit by Google can make their jobs a lot easier. This free plugin...

Why It’s Important to Keep Your WordPress Website Updated

At ReachFarther, we believe that keeping your WordPress website updated is essential to the success of your online presence. Many website owners overlook the importance of regular updates, but failing to do so can lead to a host of problems, from security...