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Software Development Courses   Microsoft .NET Framework and Programming

M6462: Visual Studio 2008 Workflow Foundation

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Course Duration: 2 days

Course Code: m6462

Course Description:

This two-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to build and configure a Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) solution.

 

Course Objectives

 

After completing this course, students will be able to:

 

- Explain Windows Workflow Foundation concepts and features
- Create sequential workflows
- Create state machine workflows
- Modify workflows at run time
- Implement conditional branching in a workflow
- Define and execute rule sets
- Forward chain rules
- Change rules at run time
- Call methods on the host process
- Handle events from the host process
- Consume services from a workflow
- Publish a workflow as a service
- Create a custom activity
- Create a custom composite activity
- Define custom activity layout
- Customize activity serialization
- Create a custom runtime service
- Hydrate and dehydrate workflows
- Monitor workflows
- Track workflows
- Handle faults in a workflow
- Handle cancellations in a workflow
- Create and manage transactions in a workflow
- Create and handle compensations

 

Who Should Attend

 

This course is intended for application developers who know how to create applications in Visual Studio 2005 or 2008. The course does not require previous experience creating workflow-based solutions.

Prerequisites:

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

This course includes the following modules:

Creating and Hosting Workflows

• Overview of Windows Workflow Foundation
• Creating Sequential Workflows
• Creating State Machine Workflows
• Modifying Workflows at Runtime
• Creating and hosting a simple sequential workflow (Lab)
• Passing parameters into a workflow (Lab)
• Creating a state machine workflow (Lab)
• Hosting the state machine workflow (Lab)

Applying Conditions and Rules

• Implementing Flow Control
• Defining and Executing Rule Sets
• Forward Chaining of Rules
• Changing Rules at Run Time
• Making Decisions (Lab)
• Performing Iteration (Lab)
• Defining Policies (Lab)

Communicating with Workflows

• 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 (Lab)
• Handling Events from the Host Process (Lab)
• Consuming Services from a Workflow (Lab)
• Publishing a Workflow as a Service (Lab)

Creating and Configuring Custom Activities

• Creating Custom Activities
• Creating Custom Composite Activities
• Customizing Activity Serialization
• Defining Custom Activity Layout
• Creating a Custom Activity (Lab)
• Validating a Custom Activity (Lab)
• Developing a Custom Activity Designer (Lab)
• Creating a Custom Composite Activity (Lab)

Creating and Managing Runtime Services

• Creating a Custom Runtime Service
• Hydrating and Dehydrating Workflows
• Monitoring Workflows
• Tracking Workflows
• Creating a Custom Runtime Service (Lab)
• Hydrating and Dehydrating Workflows (Lab)
• Monitoring Workflows (Lab)
• Tracking Workflows (Lab)

Managing Faults, Cancellations, Transactions, and Compensations

• Handling Faults
• Handling Cancellations
• Creating and Managing Transactions
• Creating and Handling Compensations
• Handling Faults (Lab)
• Implementing Transactional Behavior (Lab)
• Implementing Compensation Behavior (Lab)

 

Location	Duration	RRP	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May
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London (Mid)	2 days	£700			5 - 6		2 - 3
London (Tab)	2 days	£700	18 - 19				30 - 1

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