Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 Cookbook

Loading up a WF program from an XAML file

In this task, we will run a WF program by loading it from an XAML file.

How to do it...

1. Create a workflow project:

   Create a new Workflow Console Application under the Chapter01 solution and name the project as LoadUpWorkflowFromXML.

2. Author a workflow:

   Author the Workflow1.xaml file; this workflow will print a string to console as shown in the following screenshot:

   
3. Create code to load up the workflow instance from an XAML string:

   Open Program.cs file and change code as follow:

   using System; using System.Activities; using System.Activities.Statements; using System.IO; using System.Collections; using System.Text; ...