workflow-engine

How do you use workflow engine ?

I know workfow engine is, but actually in our programming life, how can we get use of the workflow engine ? How will workflow engine help us ? ...

What problems have you solved using a Workflow Engine?

I'd like to know about specific problems you - the SO reader - have solved using Workflow Engines and what libraries/frameworks you used if you didn't roll your own. I'd also like to know when a Workflow Engine wasn't the best choice and if/how you chose something simpler, like a TaskList/WorkList/Task-Management type application using ...

Dynamic State Machine in Ruby? Do State Machines Have to be Classes?

Question is, are state machines always defined statically (on classes)? Or is there a way for me to have it so each instance of the class with has it's own set of states? I'm checking out Stonepath for implementing a Task Engine. I don't really see the distinction between "states" and "tasks" in there, so I'm thinking I could just map...

Is there a "Workflow Engine" implementation for Delphi?

For (application) server development with Delphi, I would like to use a workflow engine similar to the existing implementations for other programming languages (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workflow_engine). Is there already an implementation or should I better write my own? ...

is there any free usable component for workflow editor/designer?

I am trying to find a .NET component that allows GUI (drag-and-drop) workflow design, and I need it as a part of a bigger software so I prefer it to be a usable component. What I imagine is it is similar to the GUI used to design workflows in Visual Studio 2008 and 2010. Is there any such component? I tried searching for a while and didn...