Windows Workflow Foundation Introduction
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Windows Workflow Foundation Mike Taulty Developer & Platform Group Microsoft Ltd [email protected] http://www.mtaulty.com
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This is an introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation which is part of the .NET framework
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Windows Workflow Foundation
Mike TaultyDeveloper & Platform GroupMicrosoft [email protected] http://www.mtaulty.com
.NET Framework V3.0
Released in 2006Framework(Some) Tools
PlatformsServer 2003 Sp1Server 2008VistaXP Sp2
V3.5 coming with VS2008
Framework V3.0 introduces XAML
Declarative Development - XAML
eXtensible Application Markup Language
XAML usageCompiled to produce executable codeDynamically loaded (parsed or pre-parsed)
Calculator c = new Calculator();Multiply m = new Multiply();m.P1 = 10;m.P2 = 20;c.Operations.Add(m)
Code
<Calculator> <Operations> <Multiply P1=“10” P2=“20”/></Operations></Calculator>
XAML
Workflow is a framework
Workflow Foundation
ToolsComponentsRuntimeServices
For building “workflow” into your own apps
Building, running Workflows
Workflow Foundation
Designer
Components
ActivityActivityActivityActivity
“Workflow Definition”(XAML, Code, Custom)
Host Process
Workflow Foundation
“Workflow Definition”(XAML, Code, Custom)
Services (Pluggable)
Runtime
Custom Activities are key
Activity
System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Activity
Property
Property
Property
override Execute(){ // Do your work
return( status );}
Building your own Activities
The Activity component model
SummaryWorkflow Foundation
Framework for building workflow capabilities into your own applicationsTools, Components, Runtime, Pluggable Services
Released with .NET Framework V3.0Server 2003 Sp1, Server 2008, Vista, XP Sp2
Updates coming in .NET Framework V3.5
Resources
www.netfx3.com
Slides and code from this talk atmtaulty.com/downloads/vbug08.zip
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