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Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 Cookbook

Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 Cookbook

By : Andrew Zhu
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Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 Cookbook

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By: Andrew Zhu
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Overview of this book

Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 (WF) is a significant part of .NET Framework 4.0. WF makes workflow technology available to every single programmer that uses the .NET Framework 4.0. It is easy to create long running and distributed programs using WF with the right knowledge. With this book, you will discover that working with workflows is easy. This book provides both step-by-step recipes and relevant background information. It covers all the important aspects of Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0. The best thing about this book is that all recipes are based on real-world experiences of Andrew Zhu. Andrew is a global WF and BizTalk technology support engineer for Microsoft. This book covers everything you need to know, when working with workflows. Get to grips with flow control activities, messaging, and transaction processes with easy to understand steps followed by explanations. You will quickly learn to use collection and custom WF activities and WF services.You will see recipes that illustrate integration of Windows Workflow with other applications such as WPF, ASP.NET, WCF service.Lastly, you will discover how easily you can customize W4 Designer with WF rule engine and others.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 Cookbook
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Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 Cookbook
Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewers
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About the Reviewers
Foreword
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Foreword
Preface
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Preface
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Workflow Program
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Workflow Program
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Introduction
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Creating the first WF program: HelloWorkflow
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Creating a WF program using C# Code
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Initializing a WF program using InArguments
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Creating a WF program using OutArgument
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Creating a WF program using InOutArgument
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Using Variable in a WF program
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Running a WF program asynchronously
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Customizing a MyReadLine activity with Bookmark
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Converting a WF program instance to XAML
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Loading up a WF program from an XAML file
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Testing a WF program with a unit test framework
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Debugging a WF program
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Built-in Flow Control Activities
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Built-in Flow Control Activities
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Introduction
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Using the Foreach activity
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A number guessing game in Sequence
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A number guessing game using a flowchart
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Using the InvokeMethod activity
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Using the Switch<T> activity in Sequence workflow
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Using the FlowSwitch<T> activity
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Using the Parallel activity
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Using the ParallelForEach<T> activity
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Using the Pick activity
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Handling errors
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Messaging and Transaction
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Messaging and Transaction
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Introduction
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Creating a pure WCF service
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Receiving and replying to a WCF message
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Receiving and replying to a WCF message in code workflow
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Sending and receiving a reply to a WCF message
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Sending and receiving a reply to a WCF message in code workflow
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Using CancellationScope activity
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Performing a transaction by using TransactionScope activity
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Performing compensation by using Compensable activity
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Performing manual compensation by using Compensate activity
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Performing confirmation by using Confirm activity
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Manipulating Collections
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Manipulating Collections
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Introduction
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Printing collection items
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Using AddToCollection<T> activity
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Using ClearCollection<T> activity
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Using RemoveFromCollection<T> activity
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Using ExistsInCollection<T> activity
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Custom Activities
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Custom Activities
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Introduction
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Creating an activity by inheriting the root activity
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Creating a FileWriter activity
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Creating a SendEmail activity
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Creating an Input Message activity using Bookmark
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Creating an Asynchronous HTTP Get activity
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Creating a Composite activity
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Creating an Activity Designer for the SendEmail activity
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Creating an Activity Designer for theMySquence activity
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WF4 Extensions
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WF4 Extensions
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Introduction
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Configuring ETW tracking
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Creating FileTrackingParticipant
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Configuring the SQL persistence store
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Loading a persisted workflow from the database
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Using a persistence participant to persist additional data
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Using a customized extension
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Hosting Workflow Applications
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Hosting Workflow Applications
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Introduction
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Hosting a workflow service in IIS7
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Hosting workflow in ASP.NET
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Hosting workflow in WPF
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Hosting workflow in a Windows Form
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Custom Workflow Designer
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Custom Workflow Designer
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Introduction
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Implementing designer layout
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Implementing Toolbox, Workflow Designer, and Property Inspector views
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Implementing New Workflow and Load Workflow events
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Implementing Save and Save As events
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Implementing XAML Workflow Tab and Run events
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Implementing visual tracking
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Creating a pure WCF service

In case one is new to WCF, he/she can use this task to become familiar with fundamental WCF concepts. In this task, we will create a simple WCF stock price service host in IIS 7.

How to do it...

  1. Create a IIS Application:

    Right-click an IIS Site; we will see the menu shown in the following screenshot:

    Then create a StockPriceService application.

    Please remember its folder path. We will create files in this folder in the following steps.

    Please also note that the WCFSite should run in .NET Framework 4.0 application pool.

  2. Create WCF code:

    Create a new folder named App_Code in the application folder. Next, create a StockService.cs file in the App_Code folder. Fill the StockService.cs file with the following code:

    using System;
using System.ServiceModel;

namespace StockPriceService {
    [ServiceContract]
    public interface IStockService {
        [OperationContract]
        double GetPrice(string ticket);
    }
    public class StockService : IStockService {
   ...

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