Windows Workflow Foundation Training: Introduction to WF with VB.NET

Course Number: WF-100
GSA/Previous Course Number: 885
Duration:3 days
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WF with VB.NET Training Overview

Accelebrate's Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) training teaches developers how to define, execute, and manage workflows.

Location and Pricing

Most Accelebrate courses are taught on-site at our clients' locations worldwide for groups of 3 or more attendees and are customized to their specific needs. Please visit our client list to see organizations for whom we have recently delivered training. These courses can also be delivered as live, private online classes for groups that are geographically dispersed or wish to save on the instructor's or students' travel expenses. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private training at your site or online, please contact us.

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WF with VB.NET Training Prerequisites

All attendees must have a thorough mastery of the VB language and application development skills.

Hands-on/Lecture Ratio

This WF training class is 70% hands-on, 30% lecture, with the longest lecture segments lasting 20 minutes.

WF with VB.NET Training Materials

All WF training students receive more than 300 pages of comprehensive courseware and a related textbook.

Software Needed on Each Student PC

Windows XP with at least 1GB RAM or Windows Vista or 7 with at least 2GB RAM
Visual Studio 2008 or 2010, with the latest service packs and with SQL Server Express enabled
If you have purchased this class, please contact us for more detailed setup specifications

WF with VB.NET Training Objectives

All attendees will learn how to:

Design flow activities
Make decisions in workflows
Implement workflow communications
Create state machine workflows
Build and use persistence services
Build and use tracking services
Create custom activities
Handle workflow transactions
Implement dynamic workflow updates
Build and invoke workflow web services

WF with VB.NET Training Outline

Introduction

What is Windows Workflow Foundation?
Creating Your First Workflow
Hosting a Workflow in a Windows Application

Handling Conditions and Exceptions

Introducing Conditional Activities
If/Else Activity
While Activity
ConditionedActivityGroup Activity
Using a Custom Activity
Handling Exceptions

Flow Activities

Introducing Flow Activities
Delay Activity and Handling Properties
Listen Activity
Suspend and Terminate Activities
Parallel and SynchronizeScope Activities
Handling Cancellation

Making Decisions in Workflows

Using Rules in Workflows
Using the Policy Activity
Setting Priorities
Forward Chaining
Modifying Rules at Runtime

Workflow Communications

Calling Methods in the Host from the Workflow
Handling Host Events in the Workflow
Bi-Directional Communications

Creating State Machine Workflows

Introduction to State Machines
State Machine Activities
Create a State Machine Workflow
Circular Navigation in State Machines
Interact with the State Machine
Handling Events Outside of States

Using and Building Persistence Services

Introducing Workflow Persistence
Using the SQL Persistence Service
Creating a Custom Persistence Service

Using and Building Tracking Services

Workflow Tracking Services
Using the SQL Tracking Service
Tracking Profiles
Creating a Custom Tracking Service

Creating Custom Activities

Introducing Custom Activities
Creating a Simple Activity
Creating a More Complex Activity
Creating Composite Activities

Handling Workflow Transactions

Transactions
Transactions in Workflows
Transactions and Batches of Work
Compensation in Workflows

Dynamic Workflow Updates

Introduction to Dynamic Updates
Modifying a Workflow from the Host Application
Modifying a Workflow from within the Workflow
Dynamic Rule Conditions

Workflows and Web Services

Workflow-Based Web Services
Build a Workflow Web Service
Maintaining State in Web Services
Invoke a Web Service in a Workflow

Conclusion

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