Sams Teach Yourself Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) in 24 Hours

Cover Page......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 24
How This Book Is Organized......Page 25
Hour Summary......Page 26
Part I: The Basics......Page 30
Describing Workflow and Workflow Systems......Page 32
.NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5......Page 36
Overview of WF......Page 37
Standard Modeling Activities......Page 39
Multiple Workflow Styles......Page 42
Hosting......Page 46
Tracking......Page 47
Rule Capabilities......Page 49
Custom Activities......Page 52
XAML Workflows and Serialization......Page 56
Dynamic Update......Page 57
WF and WCF......Page 59
SharePoint Workflow......Page 61
Designer Rehosting and External Modeling......Page 64
Summary......Page 66
Installation Instructions......Page 67
Creating a Basic Workflow......Page 70
Using Declarative Rules......Page 83
Examining the Project Files......Page 86
Creating a XAML + Code Workflow......Page 87
Creating a XAML-Only Workflow......Page 89
Workshop......Page 92
HOUR 3 Learning Basic Hosting......Page 94
Building a Host from Scratch......Page 95
Summary......Page 112
Workshop......Page 113
Host-Workflow Data Exchange......Page 114
Creating the Solution and Projects......Page 116
Step 1: Creating the Local Service Interface......Page 119
Step 2: Creating the Payload (EventArgs) Class......Page 120
Step 3: Creating the Workflow......Page 122
Handle External Event Activity Property Window......Page 125
Creating the Windows Forms Host......Page 131
Summary......Page 139
Workshop......Page 140
HOUR 5 Creating an Escalation Workflow......Page 142
Updating the Local Services......Page 143
Extending the Workflow......Page 145
Update the Forms (Hosts)......Page 151
Configure Hosts to Track and Persist......Page 153
Retrieve Tracking Data......Page 155
Retrieve the Workflow from Persistence......Page 158
Running the Solution......Page 160
Running the WorkflowMonitor SDK Sample......Page 164
Summary......Page 166
Workshop......Page 167
Part II: State Machined Workflows and Advanced Control Flow Activities......Page 168
Explaining State Machine Workflows......Page 170
Investigating State Machine Workflow Components......Page 172
Creating the Workflow......Page 173
Hierarchical States and State Introspection......Page 182
Workshop......Page 189
HOUR 7 Creating Advanced State Machine Workflows......Page 192
Updating the Form Code-Behind Logic to Work with StateMachineWorkflowInstance Members......Page 193
Running the Workflow......Page 201
Workshop......Page 203
Creating the Solution and First Project......Page 204
Creating the Workflow......Page 205
Parallel Approval and Correlation......Page 210
Summary......Page 223
Workshop......Page 224
HOUR 9 Working with the Replicator and While Activities......Page 226
Creating the Replicator Workflow......Page 227
Using the While Activity for Sequential Processing......Page 236
Updating the Replicator Workflow to Run in Parallel......Page 238
Workshop......Page 240
HOUR 10 Working with EventHandlingScope and Strongly Typed Activities......Page 242
Creating the Basic EventHandlingScope Workflow......Page 243
Creating a More Advanced EventHandlingScope Workflow......Page 249
Using WCA.exe to Build the Strongly Typed Activities......Page 256
Use Strongly Typed Activities on a Workflow......Page 257
Summary......Page 260
Workshop......Page 261
Part III: Data-Driven Workflows and Rules......Page 262
Describing the CAG......Page 264
CAG Approval Sample......Page 266
Summary......Page 277
Workshop......Page 278
HOUR 12 Working with the WF RuleSet......Page 280
Creating the RuleSet......Page 281
Monitoring the RuleSet......Page 287
Calling Methods from Rules......Page 290
Using the External RuleSet Application......Page 294
Workshop......Page 301
Part IV: Intermediate and Advanced Features......Page 304
HOUR 13 Learning to Track Workflows......Page 306
Tracking Architecture......Page 307
Tracking and Business Activity Monitoring......Page 308
TrackingProfileDesigner SDK Sample......Page 309
Manually Updating Tracking Profile and UserTrackingRecords......Page 321
Workshop......Page 327
Explaining Roles......Page 330
Adding Level2Role Support......Page 338
Workshop......Page 340
HOUR 15 Working with Dynamic Update......Page 342
Applying Dynamic Update: Outside and Inside......Page 343
Updating Rules Dynamically......Page 350
Dynamic Update: Exploring Workflow Changes Sample......Page 360
Summary......Page 363
Workshop......Page 364
HOUR 16 Working with Exceptions, Compensation, and Transactions......Page 366
Basic Exception Handling......Page 367
Hierarchical Exception Handling and the Throw Activity......Page 373
Activity Handlers Elements and Views......Page 377
Cancellation Handlers......Page 378
Compensation Overview......Page 380
Transactions......Page 386
Summary......Page 389
Workshop......Page 390
HOUR 17 Learning Advanced Hosting......Page 392
Exploring WorkflowRuntime Events......Page 393
Workflow Events Sample Application......Page 394
Runtime Services......Page 398
Building the Scheduling Service Project......Page 402
InvokeWorkflow Activity......Page 407
Workshop......Page 417
HOUR 18 Working with Web Services and ASP.NET Hosting......Page 420
Creating a Workflow and Publishing It as a Web Service......Page 421
Calling a Web Service from a Workflow......Page 427
Additional Workflow Topics......Page 430
Learning ASP.NET Hosting......Page 436
Workshop......Page 441
Overview of Windows Communication Foundation......Page 444
WF and WCF Overview......Page 445
Hosting a Workflow in WCF Using Existing Interface and Receive Activity......Page 447
Hosting a Workflow in WCF: Configuring Receive Activity and Updating Interface......Page 460
Accessing WorkflowRuntime from WorkflowServiceHost......Page 465
Connecting to a WCF Endpoint from WF......Page 468
Summary......Page 471
Workshop......Page 472
Part V: Custom Activities......Page 474
Custom Activity Conceptual Overview......Page 476
Custom Activity Technical Overview......Page 478
Creating the Solution and Projects......Page 479
Creating the Customer Custom Activity......Page 480
Creating Compound Activities......Page 493
Activity Programming Model......Page 498
ToolboxBitMap Class......Page 501
Adding the Activity to the Toolbox Across Projects......Page 503
Workshop......Page 505
HOUR 21 Creating Queued Activities......Page 506
Exploring Activity Life Cycle Topics......Page 507
Creating the Solution and Projects......Page 509
Creating a Basic Custom Queued Activity......Page 510
Custom Activity Queued from Service......Page 516
Summary......Page 527
Workshop......Page 528
Creating a Custom Activity that Accesses a Typed Service......Page 530
Creating an EventDriven Activity......Page 536
Workshop......Page 545
Control Flow Activity Conceptual Overview......Page 548
Creating the Control Flow Activity......Page 550
Workshop......Page 572
Enhancing the GeneralControlFlow Activity......Page 574
Workshop......Page 595
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L......Page 609
O......Page 610
P......Page 611
R......Page 612
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U......Page 616
W......Page 617
Y-Z......Page 620