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• netdev09 How to Persist State of a State Machine Workflow and query the saved state from user application?

  Hi, I have created a state machine workflow which has asp.net as the host application. It has go following states - Initial, Review, Approve, Completed. Each state apart from completed has got a WebServiceReceive Activity and a corresponding state activity to change state. The problem is that i am not able to persist appropriate state info even though i have added tracking and persistence services. I am able to persist the initial ...Show All

• Angna What if you don't know what interfaces will be needed on local service?

  We want to let our users define state machines workflows via an embedded designer. We have a set of defined activities that they can put into their states which interface to our code library / business logic. However it seems like there always needs to be a carefully defined local service to link the workflow with the triggering UI/whatever. We won't know what interfaces will be needed as they will be end-user defined. The only ideas we ha ...Show All

• Tany Pham state initialization activity is not being executed in a state.

  I kept one state initialization activity and other event driven activities in one state. The state initialization activity has child activities. As i understood the state initialization will be executed immediatly after the state is activated. I started the workflow and it went to initialization state , but the stateInitialization activity is not being executed. Can any body expalin why it is not being exected. Thanks. Make sure yo ...Show All

• Juergen Wenz recommend way to do IPC between app and service

  Hi guys, until now I've used (unnamed) Pipes to communicate between apps and services. For that to work I used OpenProcess(serviceProcessHandle, PROCESS_DUP_HANDLE), so that I can duplicate the pipe handle from the service to the app. This still works in Vista with UAP turned off - even from a guest account. But as soon as I turn UAP on, OpenProcess fails with "access denied" - even in elevated mode. I guess that's intended So since ...Show All

• GOKU BizTalk Server and WWF integration

  Will BizTalk Server 2006 have Windows Workflow Foundation (WWF) integrated with it Thanks, Sudheesh Windows Workflow Foundation is the software infrastructure consolidation of all workflow in Microsoft products and technologies including BizTalk Server. As an added benefit Windows Workflow Foundation is a foundational technology open to all Windows application builders through WinFX. Windows Workflow Foundati ...Show All

• RStanton Propogating Data Through Workflow Activities

  I am interested in understanding the best way to take the output of one activity (i.e. data it has recieved or computed) and feed it as input into another activity. For example, lets say you have the following situation [State] (1)    [EventDriven]       [EventSink]       [InvokeMethod]       [SetState] [State] (2)    [EventDriven]    ...Show All

• RamsBangalore Hi, guys

  I have posted several questions about the compiling and linking problems here. Now I think maybe the problems come from the strmbasd.lib file. I should compile it from baseclasses by myself. But I do not know how to compile and build it from the files in Baseclasses. Anyone help please. BTW, there is a makefile in the folder of baseclasses. Thanks for your time and help. The ms docs talk about setting up the bui ...Show All

• LuisSpain Vista build 5308 February CTP and soundmax audio drivers

  I had installed December CTP build 5270 few days ago on Winxp Sp2. But I was not able to install soundmax audio drivers which I used on Xp sp2 in Vista. It said those drivers were not meant for this OS (vista). I looked on internet for solution but all in vain. Now I m going to install February CTP build 5308 and I want a solution at hand before installing vista. I have come across some threads on forums which said they have installed on Dece ...Show All

• David Daniel Activity Properties

  hi all, i know that i can bind activity properties to workflow properties using the designer; but is it also possible to bind activity properties to properties of other activities and: is it possible to bind activity properties not to a certain activity but to the parent activity’s properties if you know something, please tell me. :-) thanks in advance, regards, .k You're doing everythi ...Show All

• Michael Shorten Preventing UI Automation access to an application

  Hi Congratulations of the new forum, it should be a great thing to have. I just wanted to know - is there a way of preventing or limitting UI Automation access to an application Hi. There is a method that you could use to prevent programmatic access through UI Automation, but it can be a lot of work, especially for applications that consist of more than a few controls. UI Automation works on ...Show All

• Binou VS 2005 final release vs. Windows Workflow Foundation

  Can anyone (from Microsoft) tell me when a working beta of WWF for the final release of Visual Studio 2005 (8.0.50727.42) will be available Although the Windows Workflow Foundation Beta 2 is scheduled for December, there was some discussion a few weeks ago of a WF Beta 1 that would be compatible with the VS 2005 RTM for release "around the end of October". This would just be a rebuild of beta 1 - no new functionality, no go-live licence ...Show All

• David.Liu TPM Management MMC Fails with WMI Error 0x8029010C

  Hi All, I’m doing some tests with Vista’s new BitLocker feature and having some TPM issues. When working on the Feb. CTP build, I can create Encrypted Volumes fine using a USB flash drive for the recovery/start up key, but I can’t seem to get the TPM MMC Snap-in to initialize. Each time I start the TPM MMC Snap-in I receive a TPM Management WMI Error 0x8029010C. Anyone have an idea on this one I’m using a Gateway M280 and they ...Show All

• Exclude WorkflowInstance.EnqueueItem Method

  Can I use this method to raise an External Event after an CallExternalMethodActivity has been finished and been persisted and the ListenActivity is waiting The question goes back to this entry ... If yes what would be expected as the second parameter public void EnqueueItem( IComparable queueName , object item , IPendingWork pendingWork , object workItem ); OK. Understood. But what if ...Show All

• Johann MacDonagh GdiPlusEffects.h missing in February 2006 SDK

  I downloaded the new Feb CTP Windows SDK and the compiler complains about missing GdiPlusEffects.h. This file is included conditionaly when GDI+ version at least 1.1 is detected. Where can this file be found The workaround is to edit GdiPlus.h and change the GDIPVER from 0x0110 to 0x0100: // Define the Current GDIPlus Version #ifndef GDIPVER #define GDIPVER 0x0100 #endif What is the status of GdiPlus 1.1 ...Show All

• emmarussell While Activity - Loss of status

  Hello, I have a custom activity having its own serializable data. When using it in a SequentialWorkflow together with a following Code activity, I'm able to query from the Code event handler the data in the custom activity. When placing both in a Sequence in a While activity, the data in the custom activity is lost and the code activity sees my custom activity as created by constructor. I've read that the While activity re-initializes its child ...Show All