Visual Studio 2008: Windows Workflow Foundation

•Creating a state machine workflow

•Hosting the state machine workflow

After completing this module, students will be able to:

•Explain Windows Workflow Foundation concepts and features.

•Create sequential workflows.

•Create state machine workflows.

•Modify workflows at run time.

This module explains how to apply conditions and rules in a workflow.

•Implementing Flow Control

•Defining and Executing Rule Sets

•Forward Chaining of Rules

•Changing Rules at Run Time

•Making Decisions

•Performing Iteration

•Defining Policies

After completing this module, students will be able to:

•Implement conditional branching in a workflow.

•Define and execute rule sets.

•Forward chain rules.

•Change rules at run time.

This module explains how to communicate between workflows, host processes, and services.

•Calling Methods on the Host Process

•Handling Events from the Host Process

•Consuming Services from a Workflow

•Publishing a Workflow as a Service

•Invoking a Method on the Host Process

•Handling Events from the Host Process

•Consuming Services from a Workflow

•Publishing a Workflow as a Service

After completing this module, students will be able to:

•Call methods on the host process.

•Handle events from the host process.

•Consume services from a workflow.

•Publish a workflow as a service.

This module explains how to create and configure custom activities.

•Creating Custom Activities

•Creating Custom Composite Activities

•Customizing Activity Serialization

•Defining Custom Activity Layout

•Creating a Custom Activity

•Validating a Custom Activity

•Developing a Custom Activity Designer

•Creating a Custom Composite Activity

After completing this module, students will be able to:

•Create a custom activity.

•Create a custom composite activity.

•Define custom activity layout.

•Customize activity serialization.

This module explains how to create and manage runtime services.

•Creating a Custom Runtime Service

•Hydrating and Dehydrating Workflows

•Monitoring Workflows

•Tracking Workflows

•Creating a Custom Runtime Service

•Hydrating and Dehydrating Workflows

•Monitoring Workflows

•Tracking Workflows

After completing this module, students will be able to:

•Create a custom runtime service.

•Hydrate and dehydrate workflows.

•Monitor workflows.

•Track workflows.

This module explains how to manage faults, cancellations, transactions, and compensations in a workflow.

•Handling Faults

•Handling Cancellations

•Creating and Managing Transactions

•Creating and Handling Compensations

•Handling Faults

•Implementing Transactional Behavior

•Implementing Compensation Behavior

After completing this module, students will be able to:

•Handle faults in a workflow.

•Handle cancellations in a workflow.

•Create and manage transactions in a workflow.

•Create and handle compensations.

Before attending this course, students should have intermediate experience developing applications by using previous versions of Microsoft Visual Studio at level 200.

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