About the Windows Workflow Foundation Wiki

This website is a Wiki dedicated to Windows Workflow Foundation. Basically everyone is encouraged to add their wisdom and knowledge about WF to this site, either by starting new topics or by adding to or changing existing ones.

The basic structure of this Wiki is that each topic, or idea, is a single page and that these topics can refer to each other. Creating links between topics is easy; every CamelCase word automatically becomes a link to a new topic with that name. There are more ways to create links, see VisitorWelcome, OneMinuteWiki and EffectiveFlexWiki if you are new to the concept of a Wiki. The most important thing to remember about a Wiki is that everyone can change anything ( download movies )!

Every time someone wants to elaborate on an item in an existing topic he or she can turn the topic in a link and create a new topic. Another way to start a new topic could be that you find a reference to something you want to know more about in an existing topic. In this case you also start a new topic the same way and ask the question. With any luck someone else will come along knowing the answer and add it. This way a Wiki is a knowledge repository constantly being expanded until everything is known (yea right like that will ever happen).

This website is not run or owned by Microsoft in any way but started my MauricedeBeijer. Maurice is a Dutch MVP who became very interested in WF but also a bit frustrated by the lack of documentation and general knowledge found on the web. To help others he decided to bundle the information he found into this Wiki.

Getting started

If you are new to WindowsWorkflowFoundation the GettingStarted page is a good place to do just that. Over there you will find some links to articles and videos about WindowsWorkflowFoundation that should give you a basic understanding. If you are already familiar with the basic of WindowsWorkflowFoundation you can use either the search box to the left to look for specific information or maybe start at the list of Activities. Another good starting point is WorkflowFoundationGotchas with a list of items that can cause problems if you are unaware of them.

About Wiki

If you're new to WikiWiki, you should read the VisitorWelcome or OneMinuteWiki . The two most important things to know are

follow the links to follow the thoughts and
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Restrictions when using XOML based worflows and DeclarativeRules
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What is the difference between XAML and XOML
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Using generic types and XAML based wordflows don't mix.
23-11-2009 15:34:13 - MauriceDeBeijer-80.126.16.139
Using XAML activation and code beside
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The XML based language used to define a workflow with code seperation
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Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is the next-generation presentation sub-system for Windows.
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Working with Custom Types in Workflow
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Connecting back up to a long running Workflow through a web service
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Provides a mechanism for routing the workflow instance ID to and from a WorkflowWebService to a cookie in the Web client. This class cannot be inherited.
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Designer class used in the workflow designer.
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Versioning a long running workflow can be problematic.
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Represents an Exception that occurs when a workflow does not pass validation.
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Utility class with general purpose workflow functions
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The purpose of the Windows workflow transaction services is to enable custom logic regarding the commitment of work batches.
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Tracking services manage tracking profiles and storage of tracking information.
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Used to create a timeout period for a workflow to complete.
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Occurs when the WorkflowInstance ends in an abnormal way.
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The workflow host when using WCF.
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Workflow Scheduler Services manage how workflow instances are scheduled by the workflow runtime engine.
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Using reflection to load workflows.
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Examples of how to use WindowsWorkflowFoundation.
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Base class used for WorkflowRuntimeServices.
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The application hosting the Workflow Runtime.
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Defines the behavior for the WorkflowRuntime associated with a WorkflowServiceHost.
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The set of objects used to host the Workflow and provide services to it.
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Provides the services for management of Workflow Queue objects.
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Contains information about a WorkflowQueue.
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Represents a workflow queue.
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The abstract base class from which all persistence services are derived.
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Common worflow design patterns
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Workflow Foundation and parameters
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A WorkflowOwnershipException is reaised when the workflow runtime tries to either load or persist a workflow that is no longer owns.
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Provides the extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) serialization services to workflows at design time.
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Manages design-time serialization to and from extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) for workflows
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Use to abort a workflow
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A WorkflowInstance is an actual executing copy of a WorkflowDefinition.
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Some of the inconsistencies in Windows Workflow Foundation.
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A workflow instance has is idle and waiting on some event before continuing.
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Some of the things to be aware of when building Workflow bases solutions
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An internal wrapper clas that handles a lot of stuff when executing Workflow instances.
23-11-2009 15:32:20 - MauriceDeBeijer-80.126.16.139
Provides basic information about the current workflow.
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Abstract class used as the base class to load workfows in the designer.
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A WorkflowInstance has just been created.
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Occurs when a Workflow Instance is terminated normally.
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Represents the results of a workflow compilation.
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The parameter used to determine how the workflow compiler works.
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Represents the compiler for workflows that are developed using C# or Visual Basic code and/or XAML markup.
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Represents a set of proposed changes to a running workflow instance.
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Event raised when a worflow is aborted
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Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is one of the parts of the .NET 3.0 framework as released by Microsoft.
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Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
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Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is the next-generation presentation sub-system for Windows.
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The Windows Communication Foundation is Microsoft's unified framework for building secure, reliable, transacted, and interoperable distributed applications.
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A wiki is a type of website that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove and otherwise edit and change some available content, sometimes without the need for registration.
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Runs a child activity iteratively as long as a certain condition is true.
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Simple XOML workflow editor
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Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is one of the parts of the .NET 3.0 framework as released by Microsoft.
23-11-2009 15:31:32 - MauriceDeBeijer-80.126.16.139
Enables sending data to a Web service from within a workflow.
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Assigning your own namespace to a windows workflow webservice
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Enables receiving data from a Web service in a workflow.
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Enables sending a fault to the Web service client from the workflow.
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The Windows Communication Foundation is Microsoft's unified framework for building secure, reliable, transacted, and interoperable distributed applications.
23-11-2009 15:31:25 - MauriceDeBeijer-80.126.16.139
The workflow communication activity generator command-line utility
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Whether the event should be raised immediately, or if the workflow should go idle before raising the event.
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Visual Studio 2008
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.NET programming language
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Defines a point, associated with a user event, to be tracked in the potential execution path of a root workflow instance. This class cannot be inherited.
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Two useful batch files when testing with Windows Workflow Foundation
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Topic Date of Last Change

_NormalBorders 23-11-2009 15:34

_ContentBaseDefinition 23-11-2009 15:34

XomlAndDeclarativeRules 23-11-2009 15:34

XOML 23-11-2009 15:34

XamlVersusXoml 23-11-2009 15:34

XamlAndGenerics 23-11-2009 15:34

XamlAndCodeBeside 23-11-2009 15:34

XAML 23-11-2009 15:34

WWf 23-11-2009 15:34

WriteLineService3 23-11-2009 15:34

WriteLine 23-11-2009 15:34

WPF 23-11-2009 15:34

WorkingWithCustomTypesInWorkflow 23-11-2009 15:34

WorkflowWebService 23-11-2009 15:34

WorkflowWebHostingModule 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowView 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowVersioning 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowValidationFailedException 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowUtils 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowUtils 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowUnloaded 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowTransactionServices 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowTrackingServices 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowTimeoutPattern 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowTerminated 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowSuspended 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowStarted 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowServices 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowServiceHost 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowSchedulerService 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowsAndReflection 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowSamples 23-11-2009 15:33

Workflows 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowRuntimeService 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowRuntimeHost 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowRuntimeBehavior 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowRuntime 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowResumed 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowQueuingService 23-11-2009 15:33

WorkflowQueueInfo 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowQueue 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowPersistenceServices 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowPersistenceService 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowPersisted 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowPatterns 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowParameters 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowOwnershipException 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowName 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowMarkupSerializer 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowMarkupSerializationManager 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowLoaderService 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowLoaded 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowInstanceId 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowInstanceAbort 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowInstance 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowInconsistencies 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowIdled 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowFoundationGotchas 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowFoundation 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowExecutor 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowEnvironment 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowDesignerLoader 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowDefinition 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowCreated 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowCompleted 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowCompilerResults 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowCompilerParameters 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowCompiler 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowCommitWorkBatchService 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowChanges 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkflowAborted 23-11-2009 15:32

Workflow Foundation 23-11-2009 15:32

WorkBatch 23-11-2009 15:31

WinForm 23-11-2009 15:31

WindowsWorkflowFoundationWiki 23-11-2009 15:31

WindowsWorkflowFoundation 23-11-2009 15:31

WindowsSharePointServices 23-11-2009 15:31

WindowsPresentationFoundation 23-11-2009 15:31

WindowsCommunicationFoundation 23-11-2009 15:31

wiki1 23-11-2009 15:31

wiki 23-11-2009 15:31

WhileActivity 23-11-2009 15:31

WFPad 23-11-2009 15:31

WF 23-11-2009 15:31

WebServiceOutputActivity 23-11-2009 15:31

WebServiceNamespace 23-11-2009 15:31

WebServiceInputActivity 23-11-2009 15:31

WebServiceFaultActivity 23-11-2009 15:31

WCF 23-11-2009 15:31

wca 23-11-2009 15:31

WaitForIdle 23-11-2009 15:31

VS2008 23-11-2009 15:31

VisualStudio2005 23-11-2009 15:31

VisualBasic 23-11-2009 15:31

ValidatingActivityMetadata 23-11-2009 15:31

UsingLocalServicesInWorkflows 23-11-2009 15:31

UserTrackPoint 23-11-2009 15:31

UserName 23-11-2009 15:31

UserControls 23-11-2009 15:31

UsefulBatchFiles 23-11-2009 15:31