Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer Compendium

Chapter 7. Workflows

Note

This chapter is taken from Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Development with Visual Studio 2010 Expert Cookbook (Chapter 2) by Balaji Kithiganahalli.

In this chapter, we will cover:

• Creating a sequential workflow
• Creating a site workflow with initiation form
• Deploying an InfoPath form with a workflow
• Creating a task from the workflow
• Creating a custom task form

Introduction

According to Workflow Management Coalition (http://www.WFMC.org) a standards organization that solely concentrates on processes, defines a workflow as follows:

The automation of a business process, in whole or part, during which documents, information or tasks are ...