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Hi All,
I wonder whether it is possible to host the workflow designer in my app. I thought it would be cool if I can have the workflow designer as my app's GUI.
Thanks,
DK

DKNam

Yes you can. I just saw a video with Scott Woodgate & team demonstrating the designer hosted in a winforms application

McGeeky

Wow! Do you have the web link to the video? Thanks, Big Smile

DKNam

Its towards the end when they demonstrate it:

http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=115366

McGeeky

DKNam,

Yes you can. Take a look at the Workflow Monitor sample in the documentation (Windows Workflow Foundation Samples->Application Samples->Workflow Monitor). That sample might be a bit much to handle (I'm working on a tutorial for the docs on hosting) but it should give you a good start.

Mark Schmidt
Programmer Writer
Microsoft

Microsoft Programmer Writer

Mark Schmidt-MSFT

Hi Mark,

I've been using the Workflow Monitor, but for some reason my workflows only show up in the monitor after my entire workflow has completed. The monitor doesn't show anything while the workflow is running. I'm selecting "ALL" events in the filter... I've even checked the database tables to see whether things are being added in the tracking tables, and they are being populated properly... Is there something else I need to configure? Is this expected behavior?

Thanks,

Randy

rgrohsman

I had to put my workflows in the GAC in order to have the Workflow Monitor reliably find them.

And in order to put a Workflow into the GAC, you first have to set the Build property of each Workflow dll to have a strong key. And before you do that, I believe you have to go to the Visual Studio 2005 Command prompt and use the sn command to create the strong key.

dlypka

How easy/hard is it host the Designer in a WebForm as opposed to a WinForm?

monsoondawn

How is your tutorial going on?

szzhouke

Thanks, guys. Idea

DKNam

Just watching the video now and I must say this tech is so cool! Great work guys! Being able to host the designer in an app is just icing on the cake!

adamhearn

Can I make the workflow designer readonly?

I would like to display the workflow graph, and allow to select activities to display its properties but I don't want to allow the user to modify neither the workflow, nor the activities.

Is there any Readonly or similar property to set in the WorkflowView or other object?

Thanks in advance

Marcos B

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