Is it possible to create a WCF workflow using the standard (Activity template) Workflow activity templates? And, if so, where can I find some samples that DO NOT use the standard WCF service template (WCF Workflow Service template)? Explanation: I'm trying to discover, load and run workflows at runtime, including workflows with WCF ac...
I'm developing a Win Service app that hosts a WF service and a WF application on a Windows 7 machine. When I deploy it to a 2008 Server machine, my logs document activity from the Win Service but not from either of my Workflows. It's running under LocalSystem, would that cause my issue or is there another problem hosting WFs on a 2008 Se...
Is it possible without generating proxy classes and client codes? ...
If I use Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Client and Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Core assembly I get exception: The type or namespace name 'ApplicationServer' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft' (are you missing an assembly reference?) .....\CacheUtil.cs And I get Warning: The referenced assembly "Microsoft.Applic...
I have a System.Activities.Statements.InvokeMethod activity. I'm trying to activate it with TargetType: (null) TargetObject: licxFiles //an ICollection<string> MethodName: StoreIfHasValue The StoreIfHasValue: public static void StoreIfHasValue(this ICollection<string> collection, string value) { if (value.IsNullOrEmpty( )...
I have a win service hosting a few workflows (a WorkflowApplication and a WorkflowServiceHost) that I need to keep long running. Because OnStart() requires that it completes and returns to the OS, I have a main method that fires on another thread in a threadpool. My Onstart() mainly looks like this protected override void OnStart(string...
Hey guys, I've still been trying to wrap my head around some workflow issues we've been having. I'm using Workflow foundation 4.0 and I need to get the current activity of an instance when I load it from persistence. I tried using tracking, but that does not get called when the instance is loaded. I'd like to avoid having to persist t...
Hi, I have a workflow service created with WF 4.0 and the need to have a typical WCF decorated interface extracted from it, containing all operations. I need it for testing purposes. Is there a way to extract a decorated interface from a workflow service? Thank you ...
Pretty much all of the tutorials/introductions to Windows Workflow Foundation seem to be targeted at versions prior to 4.0, or are somewhat simplistic and don't really show me anything about WHAT the real strengths of Workflows are. Could someone point me in the direction of some slightly meatier tutorials (clearly my google-fu is faili...
Has any one done that ? I'm planning to use a state machine workflow from WF 4.0 as the navigation framework ... The idea is as follows 1. States correspond to pages. Grouping some states into composite states for anonimous/authorised requests 2. A custom controller factory intercepts the requests, extracts the controller/action nam...
I am exploring if Workflow Foundation 4.0 is stable enough to start developing on it but the documentations I've seen so far are mysteriously silent about why there are no built-in Transaction & SQL Tracking services! They were available in WF 3.5 and seemed to be reasonably stable. Any clues? Was there no time for MS to release WF 4.0 o...
I have a Workflow 4 activity that can be run on any number of classes that inherit from my base class. So, the activity is, naturally, generic. Similar to the ForEach or AddToCollection activities, my activity requires a type parameter. My question is: can I create this activity in the designer with XAML? Keep in mind this is a composit...
Hi I'm building an app that deals with customer queries, where I want to route the query through a decision tree showing appropriate views before taking some automated action against their query. Kind of like the game "20 questions"! Based on the answers at each stage, the path through the app will change. I was thinking of using MVC, ...
So as apart of my workflow I need to make a call to an external WCF Service to retrieve some objects. The problem is I can't see how to mock out the WCF Service that will be called by the send activity. Does anyone know how I can do this? Thanks, John ...
I'd like to move my scheduled tasks into workflows so I can better monitor their execution. Currently I'm using a Window's scheduled task to call a web service that starts the process. Is there a facility that you use to schedule execution of a sequence so that it occurs every N minutes? My optimal solution would: Easy to configure Pr...
We have to write a ASP.NET site based on a workflow. The client wants to see a graphical representation of the workflow. In addition (let's say it is a workflow for processing orders), the client wants to see at what point in the workflow any given order is, indicated on the graphical workflow representation by a highlighted node or som...
Hello, I would like the rule for which "Persist activities cannot be contained within no persistence blocks" error happens in WF4. I see that you can not persist between the first receive-send, but I do not understand the general idea. Any comment? Thanks ...
Hi, I need a control for re-hosted WF 4.0 app that has flowswitch functionality( multiple connection points) but looks like a simple Label. Could you tell me how to implement that? Thank you ...
Hi, I'm trying to create a custom activity with multiple connectors using WWF 4.0. Could you tell me how to declare connectors at activity level and register to click event on a flowswitch connector? Thank you ...
I would like to invoke a simple method (no arguments, returns void) from within a workflow. Suppose I have the following class: public class TestClass { public void StartWorkflow() { var workflow = new Sequence { Activities = { new WriteLine { Text = "Before calling method....