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Code Samples on Workflow Foundation (WF)

There are a variety of code samples and starter kits available for Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). This page is intended to help developers new to WF find content of interest.

Code Samples in the MSDN Online Library

	WF Documentation: Windows Workflow Foundation Tutorials MSDN Online Library The topics in this section of the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) product documentation introduces you to programming using WF. Each tutorial is designed to stand on its own, so you can start with those that most interest you.
	WF Documentation: Windows Workflow Foundation Application Code Samples MSDN Online Library The topics in this section of the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) product documentation represents complete applications written for WF that demonstrate the use of several technology areas.
	WF Documentation: Windows Workflow Foundation Technology Code Samples MSDN Online Library The topics in this section of the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) product documentation demonstrates specific technologies of WF. The technology samples are categorized based on their technology features.

MSDN Virtual Labs

	Virtual Lab: Visual Studio 2008- Integrating Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation 90 minutes - Posted April, 2008 The purpose of this lab is to illustrate how Workflow Foundation (WF) workflows can interoperate with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services using Visual Studio 2008. As we progress through this lab, we will also have an opportunity to examine new language features in Visual Basic and productivity features in Visual Studio 2008. With the release of Visual Studio 2008 comes new functionality that enables Windows Workflow Foundation (WWF) and WCF to interoperate seamlessly together. This lab has been built in Visual Basic and will also serve as an introduction into some of the language’s new features.
	Virtual Lab: A Server Scenario Lab with Windows Workflow Foundation 90 minutes - Posted April, 2007 In this lab you will learn to use Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) to model a business process and business rules. You will also learn how to use the tracking services of WF and how it can be used to monitor running workflows as well provide history on completed workflows. Finally, you will be shown the extensible nature of Windows Workflow Foundation through custom activities and services.
	Virtual Lab: Introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation 90 minutes - Posted June, 2007 After completing this lab you will be better able to author sequential workflows by using the Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 designer for Windows Workflow Foundation, use the Visual Studio 2005 debugger to debug your workflows, receive parameters into a workflow from a Windows Forms (WinForms) host application, add basic exception handling to a workflow, and create your own custom activities to extend the functionality that WF provides.

WF Code Samples and Hands on Labs

	Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos. This content is designed to help you learn how to utilize the Visual Studio 2010 features and a variety of framework technologies
	Hands-on Labs for Windows® Workflow Foundation in C# and VB.NET Set of 10 Hands-on Labs for Windows Workflow Foundation in C# and VB.NET versions
	Execute Windows Workflow Rules without Workflow Embedding business rules is very powerful and useful. If you are using Windows Workflow Foundation you can model you business process and use a PolicyActivity. But If you don't want to model your business process with a workflow, but still want to execute
	Custom Workflow Activity: Get the Next Birthday sample workflow activity returns the next birthday. Use this in a workflow that sends a birthday greeting to a customer.
	Create the Simple Order Form Workflow Learn how to create a basic state machine workflow

WF Sample Applications

This section will list out the various WF sample applications available in the following format:

	DinnerNow Sample Application (.NET 3.5) DinnerNow is a fictitious marketplace where customers can order food from local restaurants for delivery to their home or office. This sample application is designed to demonstrate how you can develop a connected application using several new Microsoft technologies, including: IIS7, ASP.NET Ajax Extensions, Linq, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Powershell, and the .NET Compact Framework.
	DinnerNow Sample Application (.NET 3.0) DinnerNow is a fictitious marketplace where customers can order food from local restaurants for delivery to their home or office. This sample application is designed to demonstrate how you can develop a connected application using several new Microsoft technologies, including: IIS7, ASP.NET Ajax Extensions, Linq, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Powershell, and the .NET Compact Framework.
	Simple Human Workflow Quickstart Sample Application The Simple Human Workflow Quickstart contains sample code that demonstrates how to build activities that interact with people so that a developer can easily build workflow enabled applications which involve simple approvals and escalation. In this sample we demonstrate how to make use of Active Directory or an alternative directory for organizational hierarchy lookups. We also demonstrate activities that interact with Microsoft Live Communication Server for user presence detection and also sending and receiving of instant messages. Additionally this sample demonstrates activities for sending emails and receiving correlated responses from those emails. Example code for email includes using Outlook technologies, or using IIS SMTP Service technologies, or using Microsoft Exchange Server technologies. Related Downloads: - MSDN Webcast: Simple Human Workflow Using E-mail (Level 200) - MSDN Library: Simple Human Workflow with WF Note: This sample includes project and solution files that have been tested in both Visual Studio 2005 and 2008
	Windows Workflow Foundation Web Workflow Approvals Starter Kit This starter kit is a Visual Studio 2005 (with updates for Visual Studio 2008) project that demonstrates using Windows Workflow Foundation for simple task-oriented workflow in an ASP.NET Web application. A workflow model is used to automate work order requests at a small example company. It includes three pre-defined roles which each play a part in the work order creation, approval and monitoring. The starter kit may be modified for other workflow models to suit other small Web-based task management systems. Note: This sample includes project and solution files that have been tested in both Visual Studio 2005 and 2008
	Windows Workflow Activity Factory Blueprint 1.0 The Windows Workflow Activity Factory is a Microsoft Developer Blueprint that generates a series of Windows Workflow custom activities which can be branded with custom graphics and backgrounds. For this and other Blueprints to help your development, see the Blueprints project on Codeplex