September 2010
Intermediate to advanced
272 pages
5h 16m
English
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Chapter 7. Hosting Workflow Applications
In this chapter, we will cover:
- Hosting a workflow service in IIS7
- Hosting workflow in ASP.NET
- Hosting workflow in WPF
- Hosting workflow in a Windows Form
Introduction
WF4 is one part of .NET Framework 4.0, which means WF4 workflow can be hosted and run in any type of application running with the .NET framework. We can host a workflow as a WCF service. We can also invoke a workflow service from a workflow or host workflow in an ASP.NET application and handle all the business logic behind the page.
When we design workflow applications, please let workflow be workflow. Don't couple workflow with other logic. For example, in this chapter, hosting workflow in ASP.NET is for conception demonstration only, not the best ...