Developing Applications with Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) (Video Training)
Published on 21. June 2007
Book
Mixed media product
80 pages
978-0-321-50313-8 (ISBN)
Description
For all developers who want to leverage the power of Windows Workflow Foundation in their own applications.
Looking for a better way to master today's rapidly changing programming technologies? Want expert help, but don't have the time or energy to read a book? Can't find classroom training worth the money? Discover LiveLessons: self-paced, personal video instruction from the world's leading technology experts.
LiveLessons are three-to-four hour video courses, on DVD with a book supplement, that are organized into bite-sized, self-contained lessons-you'll learn key skills in as little as fifteen minutes!
Each lesson begins with well-defined learning objectives and ends with comprehensive summaries, which help you track your progress.
Follow along as your instructor shows how to get results in today's top development environments.
Windows Workflow Foundation is a complex topic. Much of the development and actions of workflows are completed interactively in Visual Studio Designer and are not easily communicated through the written word.
In twenty quick and easy lessons, .NET expert and trainer Brian Noyes takes you through comprehensive visual training and shows you how to build software that takes full advantage of this revolutionary new product. With Developing Applications with Windows Workflow Foundation, you'll master workflow concepts, integration, persistence, Web services, exceptions, transactions, events, and more-all at your own pace.
Looking for a better way to master today's rapidly changing programming technologies? Want expert help, but don't have the time or energy to read a book? Can't find classroom training worth the money? Discover LiveLessons: self-paced, personal video instruction from the world's leading technology experts.
LiveLessons are three-to-four hour video courses, on DVD with a book supplement, that are organized into bite-sized, self-contained lessons-you'll learn key skills in as little as fifteen minutes!
Each lesson begins with well-defined learning objectives and ends with comprehensive summaries, which help you track your progress.
Follow along as your instructor shows how to get results in today's top development environments.
Windows Workflow Foundation is a complex topic. Much of the development and actions of workflows are completed interactively in Visual Studio Designer and are not easily communicated through the written word.
In twenty quick and easy lessons, .NET expert and trainer Brian Noyes takes you through comprehensive visual training and shows you how to build software that takes full advantage of this revolutionary new product. With Developing Applications with Windows Workflow Foundation, you'll master workflow concepts, integration, persistence, Web services, exceptions, transactions, events, and more-all at your own pace.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 189 mm
Width: 233 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
354 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-321-50313-8 (9780321503138)
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Person
Brian Noyes is a software architect, trainer, writer, and speaker with IDesign (www.idesign.net), a premier .NET consulting and training company. He has been developing software systems for more than fifteen years, speaks at many major software conferences around the world, and writes for a variety of software journals and magazines. He is the author of Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0 and Smart Client Deployment with ClickOnce (both from Addison-Wesley).
Content
Preface ixLesson 1: Windows Workflow Foundation Overview 1WF Packaging 1
Workflow Types 2
The Base Activity Library 3
WF Design Process 4
Lesson 2: WF Architecture and Services 5WF Capabilities 5
WF Layered Architecture 6
WF Services 6
WF Execution Model 6
Dependency Properties 7
Lesson 3: Visual Studio 2005 Project and Item Templates 9WF Project Templates 9
WF Project Item Templates 10
Code versus Code Separation 11
Lesson 4: Sequential Workflow Basics 13Sequential Workflow Designer 13
Sequential Workflow Execution 14
Lesson 5: State Machine Workflow Basics 17State Machine Workflow Designer 17
Hierarchical Navigation in a State Machine 17
State Machine Workflow Execution 19
Lesson 6: Base Activities 1 21Code Activity 21
IfElse Activity 21
Conditions 22
While Activity 24
Lesson 7: Base Activities 2 25Delay Activity 25
Sequence Activity 25
Parallel Activity 26
InvokeWorkflow Activity 26
Concurrency in Workflows 27
Lesson 8: Base Activities 3 29Listen Activity 29
ConditionedActivityGroup Activity 29
Replicator Activity 30
Policy Activity 31
Lesson 9: Integrating WF into Applications 33Hosting the WorkflowRuntime 33
Creating a Workflow Instance 33
Getting a WorkflowInstance for a Running Workflow 34
Host Application Requirements for WF 34
Handling Workflow Lifecycle Events 34
Lesson 10: Enabling Persistence and Tracking 35Creating the Persistence and Tracking Databases 35
Adding Persistence through Code 35
Adding Tracking through Code 36
Adding Persistence or Tracking in the config File 36
Runtime Effects of Persistence 37
Lesson 11: Passing Parameters into and out of a Workflow 39Defining Workflow Properties for Parameters 39
Passing Input Parameters 40
Getting Output Parameters 40
Lesson 12: Calling into a Running Workflow from the Host Application 41Host Communications Model 41
Lesson 13: Calling from a Workflow into the Host Application 45Outgoing Calls Summary 45
Lesson 14: Web Service Calls out from a Workflow 47InvokeWebService Activity Overview 47
Lesson 15: Web Service Calls into a Workflow 49Exposing Web Services from a Workflow 49
Host Site ASMX File 50
Web.config Entries 50
Lesson 16: Exception Handling 51Fault Handling Scopes in Workflows 51
Throw Activity 52
Lesson 17: Using Transactions in Workflows 53Transactions in Workflows 53
Atomic Transactions 53
Long-Running Transactions 54
Lesson 18: Handling Events in Workflows 55Event Handling in Workflows 55
Lesson 19: Developing Custom Composite Activities 57Creating Custom Composite Activities 57
Defining Dependency Properties for Data Binding 58
Creating Custom Control Flow 58
Lesson 20: Developing Custom Simple Activities 61Creating Custom Simple Activities 61
Creating Custom Design-Time Support for Your Custom Activity 61
Workflow Types 2
The Base Activity Library 3
WF Design Process 4
Lesson 2: WF Architecture and Services 5WF Capabilities 5
WF Layered Architecture 6
WF Services 6
WF Execution Model 6
Dependency Properties 7
Lesson 3: Visual Studio 2005 Project and Item Templates 9WF Project Templates 9
WF Project Item Templates 10
Code versus Code Separation 11
Lesson 4: Sequential Workflow Basics 13Sequential Workflow Designer 13
Sequential Workflow Execution 14
Lesson 5: State Machine Workflow Basics 17State Machine Workflow Designer 17
Hierarchical Navigation in a State Machine 17
State Machine Workflow Execution 19
Lesson 6: Base Activities 1 21Code Activity 21
IfElse Activity 21
Conditions 22
While Activity 24
Lesson 7: Base Activities 2 25Delay Activity 25
Sequence Activity 25
Parallel Activity 26
InvokeWorkflow Activity 26
Concurrency in Workflows 27
Lesson 8: Base Activities 3 29Listen Activity 29
ConditionedActivityGroup Activity 29
Replicator Activity 30
Policy Activity 31
Lesson 9: Integrating WF into Applications 33Hosting the WorkflowRuntime 33
Creating a Workflow Instance 33
Getting a WorkflowInstance for a Running Workflow 34
Host Application Requirements for WF 34
Handling Workflow Lifecycle Events 34
Lesson 10: Enabling Persistence and Tracking 35Creating the Persistence and Tracking Databases 35
Adding Persistence through Code 35
Adding Tracking through Code 36
Adding Persistence or Tracking in the config File 36
Runtime Effects of Persistence 37
Lesson 11: Passing Parameters into and out of a Workflow 39Defining Workflow Properties for Parameters 39
Passing Input Parameters 40
Getting Output Parameters 40
Lesson 12: Calling into a Running Workflow from the Host Application 41Host Communications Model 41
Lesson 13: Calling from a Workflow into the Host Application 45Outgoing Calls Summary 45
Lesson 14: Web Service Calls out from a Workflow 47InvokeWebService Activity Overview 47
Lesson 15: Web Service Calls into a Workflow 49Exposing Web Services from a Workflow 49
Host Site ASMX File 50
Web.config Entries 50
Lesson 16: Exception Handling 51Fault Handling Scopes in Workflows 51
Throw Activity 52
Lesson 17: Using Transactions in Workflows 53Transactions in Workflows 53
Atomic Transactions 53
Long-Running Transactions 54
Lesson 18: Handling Events in Workflows 55Event Handling in Workflows 55
Lesson 19: Developing Custom Composite Activities 57Creating Custom Composite Activities 57
Defining Dependency Properties for Data Binding 58
Creating Custom Control Flow 58
Lesson 20: Developing Custom Simple Activities 61Creating Custom Simple Activities 61
Creating Custom Design-Time Support for Your Custom Activity 61