The Activity Designer
Not actually a WF 4.0 blog any more :)
VS, DTE, COM, and COMException (:-P)
Recently, for testing, I wanted to manipulate Visual Studio using DTE. DTE is Visual Studio’s...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 09/22/2010
When is == not Equals()?
(non-WF post) I had a debugging experience which was mildly shocking today. Here is some Assert-like...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 08/04/2010
Links and Pieces
First, the 'Best Practices for creating Custom Activities' endpoint.tv piece (Part1, Part2). Second,...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 07/02/2010
InstallShield in the wrong language
(An off-topic post) I've been putting up with various programs installing themselves in Japanese,...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 06/12/2010
(WF4) Workflow 4.0 Hosting Extensions
[Update:Dear Readers,To those of you who found this post interesting, but still a little too vague...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 06/07/2010
Literal and Reference Types
[Edit – I had to cut the pictures, they got broken by software update issues.] With two forum posts...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 06/01/2010
Fixing: An Activity Designer for InvokeAction
Something that I had as a blog post was almost useful to someone. Almost, except for all the rough...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 05/12/2010
Code-Beside Files for WF Activity Xaml
Today I’m cheaply recycling yet another perennial forum and mailing list question into a lightweight...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 05/11/2010
Extending Unit Tests in Visual Studio
It’s funny how you walk around with a question on your mind for a couple weeks and then one day it...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 04/28/2010
In which I learn that MEF Composes Parts, not ExportDefinitions
[Rewrite - 06/04/10] Here’s a little MEF sample (minus definition of TestMetadataFilteringCatalog)...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 04/27/2010
Trials of Working on the WF Designer Test Team
In a different vein from my usual posts, I’m going to talk about regular work – testing. For the...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 04/26/2010
WF4 now has State Machine – let’s play!
Just after the .net 4.0 framework and VS10 were famously released without state machine, the...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 04/21/2010
Link: WCF and WF Samples Updated for VS 10 release
I may need to update some earlier blog posts, but in the meantime you can find the latest WF4 and...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 04/14/2010
April 12th - the big day has arrived!
Yes, we’re finally shipping Visual Studio 10! Listening to the launch live.
Author: tilovell09 Date: 04/12/2010
Working with Commands in a Workflow Designer Rehost Application
Issuing, Handling, and Intercepting Commands in a WF4 Rehosted Designer application. Background on...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 03/19/2010
Custom Flowchart Runtime Thoughts (for ICompositeView)
Disclaimer: no WF 4.0 runtime experts were consulted for advice in the thinking of this. YMMV....
Author: tilovell09 Date: 03/11/2010
The Workflow 4.0 Custom Activity Icon (and Toolbox Icon) FAQ
[Update: This FAQ is outdated and has be rewritten and reposted here:...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 03/08/2010
Getting Your Workflow Instance
There are a few things I feel like I should be able to do inside of a NativeActivity, but can’t -...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 02/26/2010
An Activity Designer for InvokeAction
[Update! There are some bugs with the attached code, see the sequel post for discussion of bug...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 02/25/2010
Misadventures in CacheMetadata – wrapping an inner activity, in code
Let’s dig deeper into CacheMetadata (intro post). We’ll do it with a toy problem – I want to wrap...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 02/25/2010
Navigating the Workflow Tree (WF 4.0 Workflow Designer)
People who who start interesting things in rehosted designer applications or just VS, will often...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 02/22/2010
Little Mysteries of the Day
Here's a few random musings from a day of testing a few months ago. I was trying to test some...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 02/16/2010
NativeActivity - CacheMetadata for Fun and Profit
[Cache. Profit. I guess I’m going on 50.] After reading Basic Activity Scheduling and starting to...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 02/06/2010
Basic Activity Scheduling in Workflow 4.0
…NativeActivity. Provides all of the features of CodeActivity, plus aborting activity execution,...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 01/26/2010
Reacting to ViewState Changes … and finally using AttachedPropertiesService
(The series: This makes Part 7 of a series of posts on flowchart-like freeform layout activity...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 01/25/2010
Updated: Drag+Drop support in WorkflowDesigner custom activity designers
I’ve updated one of my earlier posts Freeform Custom Activity Designers using ICompositeView (Part...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 01/20/2010
Some Gory Details of WorkflowDesigner Undo Redo
(I've pulled this out from where it was embedded in one of my posts about implementing...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 01/12/2010
Freeform Custom Activity Designers using ICompositeView (Part 5)
This is Part 5 of a series of posts, [Part 1 – Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6]....
Author: tilovell09 Date: 01/07/2010
Freeform Custom Activity Designers using ICompositeView (Part 4)
This post is Part 4 of a series on writing custom activity designers. [Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 -...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 01/06/2010
Freeform Custom Activity Designers using ICompositeView (Part 3)
[This post is Part 3 of a series on writing custom activity designers. Part 1 – Part 2 - Part 3 -...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 01/06/2010
Best XAML guide ever?
I just wanted to interrupt the normal flow of posts with a link to a old but wonderful post from...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 01/04/2010
Freeform Custom Activity Designers using ICompositeView (Part 2)
This post is Part 2 of a series on writing custom activity designers. [Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 -...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 01/03/2010
Freeform Custom Activity Designers using ICompositeView
[This post is Part 1 of a series on writing custom activity designers. Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 –...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 12/31/2009
Workflow Scopes and Execution Properties
or, Workflow Execution Properties for custom data passing. I wrote this after seeing a few forum...
Author: tilovell09 Date: 12/20/2009