Implementing visual tracking

In this task, we will create a visual tracking participant. The tracking participant will let the workflow designer display the currently executing activity. When the workflow is executing, the currently executing activity is shown with a yellow outline and debug arrow.

Getting ready

Before we begin this task, we should have completed the previous task: Implementing XAML Workflow Tab and Run events.

How to do it...

  1. Open the workflow designer project:

    Open the workflow designer project we created in the previous task.

  2. Create the VisualTracking participant:

    Create a new code file named VisualTracking.cs and fill the file with the following code:

    using System; usingSystem.Collections.Generic; usingSystem.Activities.Tracking; ...

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