Presenting Windows Workflow Foundation, Beta Edition

Chapter 11. Hosting Workflows in Your Application

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Runtime Architecture

• Workflow Runtime APIs

• Building a Workflow Host

• Runtime Services

• Using Persistence with the SqlStatePersistanceService

• Using Tracking with the SqlTrackingService

• Creating a Custom Runtime Service

One of the major benefits of Windows Workflow Foundation is that any type of application that can execute managed code on the .NET Framework 2.0 can also execute workflows. An application that executes workflows and manages their lifetime is referred to as a workflow host.

In earlier chapters, you saw some simple examples showing how the WorkflowRuntime class can be used to start and execute new instances of workflows. You were essentially building a workflow host. In Chapter ...