WF4学习资料

最近在看《microsoft windows workflow foundation 4.0 cookbook》这本书，启发颇大。刚看了第一章，就迫不及待得来写这篇博客来推荐这本书，真的很好。而且WF4加入了许多新的元素，思路也比之前版本更加清晰。下面是这本书的封面。

接着列出书本的目录

Table of Contents
Preface 1
Chapter 1: Workflow Program 5
Introduction 5
Creating the first WF program: HelloWorkflow 6
Creating a WF program using C# Code 9
Initializing a WF program using InArguments 11
Creating a WF program using OutArgument 15
Creating a WF program using InOutArgument 17
Using Variable in a WF program 20
Running a WF program asynchronously 22
Customizing a MyReadLine activity with Bookmark 25
Converting a WF program instance to XAML 29
Loading up a WF program from an XAML file 31
Testing a WF program with a unit test framework 34
Debugging a WF program 36
Chapter 2: Built-in Flow Control Activities 41
Introduction 41
Using the Foreach activity 42
A number guessing game in Sequence 47
A number guessing game using a flowchart 49
Using the InvokeMethod activity 52
Using the Switch activity in Sequence workflow 63
Using the FlowSwitch activity 67
Using the Parallel activity 69
Using the ParallelForEach activity 71
Using the Pick activity 73
Handling errors 78

Chapter 3: Messaging and Transaction 81
Introduction 81
Creating a pure WCF service 82
Receiving and replying to a WCF message 87
Receiving and replying to a WCF message in code workflow 92
Sending and receiving a reply to a WCF message 98
Sending and receiving a reply to a WCF message in code workflow 104
Using CancellationScope activity 108
Performing a transaction by using TransactionScope activity 112
Performing compensation by using Compensable activity 117
Performing manual compensation by using Compensate activity 120
Performing confirmation by using Confirm activity 122
Chapter 4: Manipulating Collections 125
Introduction 125
Printing collection items 125
Using AddToCollection activity 130
Using ClearCollection activity 133
Using RemoveFromCollection activity 137
Using ExistsInCollection activity 141
Chapter 5: Custom Activities 145
Introduction 145
Creating an activity by inheriting the root activity 147
Creating a FileWriter activity 150
Creating a SendEmail activity 153
Creating an Input Message activity using Bookmark 156
Creating an Asynchronous HTTP Get activity 158
Creating a Composite activity 161
Creating an Activity Designer for the SendEmail activity 164
Creating an Activity Designer for the MySquence activity 170
Chapter 6: WF4 Extensions 175
Introduction 175
Configuring ETW tracking 175
Creating FileTrackingParticipant 180
Configuring the SQL persistence store 182
Loading a persisted workflow from the database 185
Using a persistence participant to persist additional data 189
Using a customized extension 195

Chapter 7: Hosting Workflow Applications 199
Introduction 199
Hosting a workflow service in IIS7 200
Hosting workflow in ASP.NET 206
Hosting workflow in WPF 212
Hosting workflow in a Windows Form 216
Chapter 8: Custom Workflow Designer 219
Introduction 219
Implementing designer layout 220
Implementing Toolbox, Workflow Designer, and Property Inspector views 224
Implementing New Workflow and Load Workflow events 227
Implementing Save and Save As events 233
Implementing XAML Workflow Tab and Run events 235
Implementing visual tracking 238
Index 247