WF4

Microsoft.Activities.Extensions is a library of cool stuff for Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4).  You can add Microsoft.Activities.Extensions to your project using NuGet.  In this episode I'll show you how we've updated the InvokeWorkflow activity to support tracking of child…

Wizards are a part of the web. Maybe you haven't thought of them as wizards, but multi-step processes such as checkout or registration are utilized by many websites. In this episode, Muhammad Usman from the Microsoft Product Quality team will show you the new system they are building to…

Our friends in the ASP.NET team have built a very cool infrastructure known a Nuget.  It is a really great way to bring libraries that you want to use into your project. When I first saw it I thought I've got to find a way to deliver WF4 activities and designers into your project.  On this…

If you want to get deep inside State Machine and understand how it works this episode is for you.  I'm going to show you the details of how it schedules, executes and cancels child activities. For more see WF4 Advanced StateMachine Stuff Sample Code - Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4) -…

Have you ever wanted to create a Workflow that starts when the system boots, does some work and at the same time responds to query and stop messages?  In this episode I'll show you the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4) - Workflow Services and Auto-Start sample which shows you just how to do…

In this episode I'm going to show you exercise 4 of the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4) - Introduction to State Machine Hands On Lab.  In this exercise we implement the Main Menu scenario where we will use an inner state machine. For more information on the State Machine…

In this episode I'm going to show you exercise 3 of the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4) - Introduction to State Machine Hands On Lab.  In this exercise we implement the PIN Entry scenario where we will deal with scenarios like PIN entry timeout and cancellation. For more information…

In this episode I'm going to show you exercise 2 of the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4) - Introduction to State Machine Hands On Lab.  In this exercise we implement the Card Inserted scenario with a focus on State Transitions. For more information on the State Machine…

In this episode I'm going to show you exercise 1 of the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4) - Introduction to State Machine Hands On Lab.  In this exercise we will focus on States and Entry / Exit actions. For more information on the State Machine activity see Microsoft .NET…

The Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4) State Machine activity has officially shipped in the .NET Framework Platform Update 1 bits.  In this episode I'll show you what you need to download to get started using the State Machine and the new State Machine Hands On Lab State Machine Hands On…