workflow designer

Hi All,
I wonder whether it is possible to host the workflow designer in my app.  I thought it would be cool if I can have the workflow designer as my app's GUI.
Thanks,
DK


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workflow designer

  • CEO-Match

    Thanks, guys. Idea
  • Scott Goldenberg

    DKNam,

    Yes you can. Take a look at the Workflow Monitor sample in the documentation (Windows Workflow Foundation Samples->Application Samples->Workflow Monitor). That sample might be a bit much to handle (I'm working on a tutorial for the docs on hosting) but it should give you a good start.

    Mark Schmidt
    Programmer Writer
    Microsoft


  • Rick M

    Can I make the workflow designer readonly

    I would like to display the workflow graph, and allow to select activities to display its properties but I don't want to allow the user to modify neither the workflow, nor the activities.

    Is there any Readonly or similar property to set in the WorkflowView or other object

    Thanks in advance


  • Johnny Butler

    How is your tutorial going on

  • Anders Rydén

    I had to put my workflows in the GAC in order to have the Workflow Monitor reliably find them.

    And in order to put a Workflow into the GAC, you first have to set the Build property of each Workflow dll to have a strong key. And before you do that, I believe you have to go to the Visual Studio 2005 Command prompt and use the sn command to create the strong key.


  • corny_cory

    Just watching the video now and I must say this tech is so cool! Great work guys! Being able to host the designer in an app is just icing on the cake!
  • Nondisclosure

    Its towards the end when they demonstrate it:

    http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx postid=115366

  • Fiaz Sheikh

    Yes you can. I just saw a video with Scott Woodgate & team demonstrating the designer hosted in a winforms application
  • MikeHiland

    Hi Mark,

    I've been using the Workflow Monitor, but for some reason my workflows only show up in the monitor after my entire workflow has completed. The monitor doesn't show anything while the workflow is running. I'm selecting "ALL" events in the filter... I've even checked the database tables to see whether things are being added in the tracking tables, and they are being populated properly... Is there something else I need to configure Is this expected behavior

    Thanks,

    Randy


  • Rafed

    Wow!  Do you have the web link to the video  Thanks, Big Smile
  • Richard Ambrose

    How easy/hard is it host the Designer in a WebForm as opposed to a WinForm

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