This two-day course provides students with the knowledge and skills to build and configure a Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) solution.

Doelgroep

This course is intended for application developers who know how to create applications in Visual Studio 2005 or 2008. The course does not require previous experience creating workflow-based solutions.

Voorkennis

Before attending this course, students should have intermediate experience developing applications by using previous versions of Microsoft Visual Studio.

Module 1: Creating and Hosting Workflows
This module explains how to create and host Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) workflows.

Lessons

• Overview of Windows Workflow Foundation
• Creating Sequential Workflows
• Creating State Machine Workflows
• Modifying Workflows at Runtime

Module 2: Applying Conditions and Rules
This module explains how to apply conditions and rules in a workflow.

Lessons

• Implementing Flow Control
• Defining and Executing Rule Sets
• Forward Chaining of Rules
• Changing Rules at Run Time

Module 3: Communicating with Workflows
This module explains how to communicate between workflows, host processes, and services.

Lessons

• Calling Methods on the Host Process
• Handling Events from the Host Process
• Consuming Services from a Workflow
• Publishing a Workflow as a Service

Module 4: Creating and Configuring Custom Activities
This module explains how to create and configure custom activities.

Lessons

• Creating Custom Activities
• Creating Custom Composite Activities
• Customizing Activity Serialization
• Defining Custom Activity Layout

Module 5: Creating and Managing Runtime Services
This module explains how to create and manage runtime services.

Lessons

• Creating a Custom Runtime Service
• Hydrating and Dehydrating Workflows
• Monitoring Workflows
• Tracking Workflows

Module 6: Managing Faults, Cancellations, Transactions, and Compensations
This module explains how to manage faults, cancellations, transactions, and compensations in a workflow.

Lessons

• Handling Faults
• Handling Cancellations
• Creating and Managing Transactions
• Creating and Handling Compensations