OpusFlux Designer

[ formerly .NET Rehosted Workflow Designer ]

The solution contains:

WPF Desktop Application

• Workflow Designer
  • rehosting in a WPF Application
  • property page editor
  • VB or C# expression editors
• Toolbox Control
  • loading Workflow Activities from Assemblies
• Workflow Execution
  • run Workflows directly inside app
  • retrieve real-time Execution Log (TrackData) and Execution/Console Output(s)
  • highlights currently executing Activity
  • selecting item in Execution Log highlights corresponding Activity
  • Workflow validation errors
  • selecting item in Validation Errors selects corresponding Activity
• Workflow Management
  • New / Open / Save / Run / Stop / Debug / Undo / Redo
  • toggle breakpoint on any Activity
  • show value of variables during execution

Custom Activities

• ShowMessageBox - displays in a MessageBox the Value of the InputData argument
• GetGroupMembers - retrieves the Member Names and Count for a specified Meetup.Com Group
• GetRSVPmembers - retrieves the Member Names and Count for a specified Meetup.Com Event

Demo Workflows

AzureVmPowerOperations.xaml

• InArguments - VM & Service names
• OutArguments - ActionPerformed
• the workflow connects to Azure & changes the VM power state: if Powered On it will be power off, else powered on

LocalWinServicesCSV.xaml

• InArguments - Status (default is "running")
• the workflow retrieves the local windows services with the status defined by the inargument, writes the list to a file & opens it

SvcMonitoring.xaml

• InArguments - Service
• OutArguments - Log
• the state machine workflows monitors the state of the specified windows service; if the state changes, the user gets notified via SMS

Meetup.xaml

• InArguments - Meetup.COM REST API Key and RSVP (true / false)
• If RSVP = false - the Workflow outputs a list with the Members of a Meetup.Com Group
• If RSVP = true - the Workflow outputs a list with the Attending Members of a Meetup.Com Event

Links

Andrei Robert Oros

• Windows Workflow Foundation and .Net Core
• Windows Workflow Foundation in 2017 (overview)
• blog post about the WF Designer demo - Windows Workflow Foundation Rehosted Designer
• WF presentation at Microsoft Summit 2015 Introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation
• project showcased at Microsoft Summit 2015 & Timisoara .NET Meetup 2
• Twitter @orosandrei

MSDN

• Kushal Shah
• Windows Workflow Foundation
• What's new in WF 4.5
• Support for New Workflow Foundation 4.5 Features in the Rehosted Workflow Designer
• Using the ModelItem Editing Context
• Building C# expressions support and IntelliSense in the rehosted workflow designer
• Roslyn C# Expression Editor
• Custom Expression Editor
• Expression Editing Mechanics
• Core Workflow (.net core runtime)

Other

• Avalon Edit
• How to add the right-click breakpoints menu to a rehosted workflow designer
• How to extend the context menu inside the rehosted workflow designer?
• Workflow Designer Re-Hosting
• Rehosting the Workflow Designer in WF4
• Changing the Icon on a custom activity designer
• Reskinning built-in workflow activities
• Workflow Foundation Native activity child activities on designer
• Felice Pollano Blog
• WF4 Designer Rehosting: get Scoped Variables

Miscellaneous

• Workflow icon
• other icons from The Noun Project