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6462 - Visual Studio 2008: Windows Workflow Foundation (VB.NET)
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| Learning Method: |
Instructor Led |
Overview: |
| This two-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to build and configure a Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) solution. |
Target Audience: |
| 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. |
Pre-requisites: |
| Before attending this course, students should have intermediate experience developing applications by using previous versions of Microsoft Visual Studio at level 200. |
At Course Completion: |
| 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
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| Module 1: Creating and Hosting Workflows |
| This module explains how to create and host Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) workflows. |
| Lessons |
- Overview of Windows Workflow Foundation
- Creating Sequential Workflows
- Creating State Machine Workflows
- Modifying Workflows at Runtime
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| Lab : Creating and Hosting Workflows |
- Creating and hosting a simple sequential workflow
- Passing parameters into a workflow
- Creating a state machine workflow
- Hosting the state machine workflow
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| 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.
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| Module 2: Applying Conditions and Rules |
| This module explains how to apply conditions and rules in a workflow. |
| Lessons |
- Implementing Flow Control
- Defining and Executing Rule Sets
- Forward Chaining of Rules
- Changing Rules at Run Time
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| Lab : Applying Conditions and Rules |
- Making Decisions
- Performing Iteration
- Defining Policies
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| 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.
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| Module 3: Communicating with Workflows |
| This module explains how to communicate between workflows, host processes, and services. |
| Lessons |
- Calling Methods on the Host Process
- Handling Events from the Host Process
- Consuming Services from a Workflow
- Publishing a Workflow as a Service
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| Lab : Communicating with Workflows |
- Invoking a Method on the Host Process
- Handling Events from the Host Process
- Consuming Services from a Workflow
- Publishing a Workflow as a Service
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| 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.
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| Module 4: Creating and Configuring Custom Activities |
| This module explains how to create and configure custom activities. |
| Lessons |
- Creating Custom Activities
- Creating Custom Composite Activities
- Customizing Activity Serialization
- Defining Custom Activity Layout
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| Lab : Creating and Configuring Custom Activities |
- Creating a Custom Activity
- Validating a Custom Activity
- Developing a Custom Activity Designer
- Creating a Custom Composite Activity
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| 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.
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| Module 5: Creating and Managing Runtime Services |
| This module explains how to create and manage runtime services. |
| Lessons |
- Creating a Custom Runtime Service
- Hydrating and Dehydrating Workflows
- Monitoring Workflows
- Tracking Workflows
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| Lab : Creating and Managing Runtime Services |
- Creating a Custom Runtime Service
- Hydrating and Dehydrating Workflows
- Monitoring Workflows
- Tracking Workflows
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| After completing this module, students will be able to: |
- Create a custom runtime service.
- Hydrate and dehydrate workflows.
- Monitor workflows.
- Track workflows.
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| Module 6: Managing Faults, Cancellations, Transactions, and Compensations |
| This module explains how to manage faults, cancellations, transactions, and compensations in a workflow. |
| Lessons |
- Handling Faults
- Handling Cancellations
- Creating and Managing Transactions
- Creating and Handling Compensations
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| Lab : Managing Faults, Transactions, and Compensations |
- Handling Faults
- Implementing Transactional Behavior
- Implementing Compensation Behavior
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| 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.
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