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by Alexandros Pappas
Rehosting of WorkflowDesigner in WPF and Windows Forms application, and invoking the workflow
by Atish Dipongkor
How to create a Sandboxed Workflow Action for SharePoint On-Premise (2013 or 2010)
by RedDk
Suspend, by "stopping", then when done doing what you need to do, restart ... or not!
by Anton Angelov
Learn how to modify the default TFS builds' template and add options for NuGet packages restore. Add a dedicated restore packages settings' section.

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by Akram El Assas
Open Source .NET Workflow Engine and Automation Platform
by Kelum W. Ganegoda
Integrate/trigger your workflow with an external application using ION APIs
by Jaume González
Solution using reflection to dynamically load and execute C# code in a workflow context
by Jeremy Likness
Durable functions enable implicit and explicit state management for serverless workflows and accommodate a variety of patterns. A new addition, the HTTP task, helps manage interactions with HTTP endpoints including error handling and support for long polling.

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10 Feb 2024 by Akram El Assas
Open Source .NET Workflow Engine and Automation Platform
17 May 2023 by Member 15418280
we are using inbuilt system foreachworkflow activity in below image. but our requirement to not use AsEnumerable after datatable name only we need to pass datatable name but it is expecting AsEnumerable it is system activity how can we modify or...
6 Feb 2023 by Kelum W. Ganegoda
Integrate/trigger your workflow with an external application using ION APIs
26 Jul 2022 by beginner developper
Please , i need something other then the documentation , i need to know what to install and how to start to build a workflow with the liferay framework ? What I have tried: i tried reading documentation and watching videos but still did not...
26 Jul 2022 by Richard MacCutchan
This is the Quick Answers forum, for specific technical questions. There is neither the time nor the space to teach you some third party product. You need to go to the liferay website and post your question in their help forum.
20 Jul 2022 by beginner developper
I have a project in which I have to create a workflow of an existent website , someone told me to use cammunda because it's the best solution and I really do not know from where to start . What I have tried: i tried watching youtube playlist...
20 Jul 2022 by Richard MacCutchan
Quote: someone told me to use cammunda because it's the best solution and I really do not know from where to start . Then you should ask that person for more information, or just go to The Universal Process Orchestrator | Camunda[^].
14 Jul 2022 by Jaume González
Solution using reflection to dynamically load and execute C# code in a workflow context
21 Dec 2020 by xhon
I’m creating a CWA to retrieve the records of an entity, cycling each of them and change the value of the StateCode if a condition is satisfied. In order to check the condition I should retrieve the entity from the context where my CWA is...
20 Jun 2020 by Member 11332721
Basically I want to user to define the workflow in my app which will contain activities that would define what to ask to user and how (like in the form of radio button or dropdown or checkbox etc) and do some activities. Based on this flow, I...
17 Jun 2020 by Member 11749999
sharePoint designer workflow is create to a particular list.It does not show any error during publish.But workflow is not triggered in a associated list and also workflow is not displayed in workflow settings in sharePoint 2013 serverNo workflow is running, even simple one.Priority...
17 Jun 2020 by matt5
I was facing the same issue and i fix it with these commands Disable-SPFeature -Identity WorkflowServiceStore –Url "site URL" Enable-SPFeature -Identity WorkflowServiceStore –Url "site URL"
17 Jun 2020 by matt5
I was facing the same issue and i fix it with these commands Disable-SPFeature -Identity WorkflowServiceStore –Url “site URL” Enable-SPFeature -Identity WorkflowServiceStore –Url “site URL”
18 May 2020 by Member 14835845
Hi, Wexflow looks very promising, and we are considering using Wexflow in combination with a custom made app. After the app starts a workflow using the API\startWithVariables and setting some local variables and/or settings, we would like the...
18 May 2020 by #realJSOP
You have the source code. If you can't find a way to do it, come up with a way to do it, and put it in the code.
20 Nov 2019 by Jeremy Likness
Durable functions enable implicit and explicit state management for serverless workflows and accommodate a variety of patterns. A new addition, the HTTP task, helps manage interactions with HTTP endpoints including error handling and support for long polling.
2 May 2019 by Alexandros Pappas
Rehosting of WorkflowDesigner in WPF and Windows Forms application, and invoking the workflow
13 Mar 2019 by Member 12766428
How to use Microsoft.interop.excel.workbook type sequence variable in workflow foundation, when I try to use the workbook type, it throws the exception as:Expression Activity type 'CSharpValue`1' requires compilation in order to run. Please ensure that the workflow has been compiled. What I...
2 Feb 2019 by Sathya5995
I need to create a workflow for management in node js using http://joyent.github.io/node-workflow/ Since I am completely new to this, I seek help. Please advice what all things I should do for creating a workflow using this https://github.com/joyent/node-workflow What I have tried: I tried to...
7 Jan 2019 by a.mohamedyasin
Hi Techies, I have created a VSIX (Extension for Custom Intelisence) for my Windows application which supports wwf(Windows workflow foundation), it is not working on my exe. pls assist me to solve this issue. What I have tried: I have tried to create the VSIX and install it for my visual...
7 Jan 2019 by RickZeeland
VSIX files are only meant to be used in Visual Studio, see explanation here: Find and use extensions - Visual Studio | Microsoft Docs[^]
6 Jan 2019 by Patrice T
Quote: pls assist me to solve this issue. Nobody can answer this question because we have no idea what is the .exe and what you have done. The only advice: Follow some tutorials, find a sample project to experiment. Or find a seasoned professional to dig in your code.
12 Dec 2017 by Member 8680235
Hello, My main task is to take approval/rejection on certain item on my web application and for which I'm using windows workflow foundation. In my app when a user submit a record then I want it to get routed to a certain person for review and take response of it. Now I'm doing this using...
5 Jul 2017 by iamvinod34
can u please help these questions 1)what is windows workflow foundation? 2)what is code activity and native activity? 3)how to interact SQL server using workflow? can u give real time sample project What I have tried: 3)how to interact SQL server using workflow?
5 Jul 2017 by OriginalGriff
1) what is windows workflow foundation? - Google Search[^] 2) what is code activity and native activity? - Google Search[^] 3) how to interact SQL server using workflow? - Google Search[^] Quote: can u give real time sample project No - we do not do your homework: it is set for a reason. It...
28 Dec 2016 by Member 12663638
Which workflow can we use in SAP? is it having any specific name?Can we use other workflows(other than SAP)?I want to know SAP workflow name. i want to compare SAP workflow v/s other workflows. Will please anyone let me give sugestions for above?What I have tried:I have tried to...
28 Dec 2016 by Maciej Los
Well, the answer is not so obvious, because SAP[^] is German corpration with regional offices in 130 countries. So, we can confidently say that the software of this company is well known at entire globe.The main product of SAP company is SAP Hana[^]. Wikipedia wrote:Its primary function as...
7 Dec 2016 by RedDk
Suspend, by "stopping", then when done doing what you need to do, restart ... or not!
28 Nov 2016 by monkeycancer
Hi, I have a Workflow which uses the Microsoft Persistent Database. I need the ability to create an InstanceId within a _click event, and then associate that Id with all subsequent InstanceId's created. This is so I can update the 'parent' InstanceId and all its 'children' will automatically...
20 Nov 2016 by Anton Angelov
Learn how to modify the default TFS builds' template and add options for NuGet packages restore. Add a dedicated restore packages settings' section.
13 Sep 2016 by Atish Dipongkor
How to create a Sandboxed Workflow Action for SharePoint On-Premise (2013 or 2010)
26 Jun 2016 by qasimidl
Requirement :How can we split string using sharepoint designer 2013 workflow ( office 365 ). its sharepoint 2013 online Thanks in advanceWhat I have tried:I have created workflow using sharepoint designer 2013 for sharepoint online ( office 365 ) i dont find any action to split...
26 Jun 2016 by Member 12599256
How about little bit googling and.... tada :String processing workflow actions for SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Online[^]
24 May 2016 by CyberSolider
I create a Workflow Service using Windows Workflow Foundation, using this method How to: Create a Workflow Service with Messaging Activities[^][^]after creating my service I am trying to consume it using client like this procedure.How To: Access a Service From a Workflow...
24 May 2016 by CHill60
Some suggestions here c# - Error dropping WCF Activity in Workflow ("Cannot create an instance of "...) - Stack Overflow[^]
25 Apr 2016 by Mohideenmeera
Hi,I have created an WPF application by rehosting workflow designer.I have created custom activities and created them as a dll.If i add reference to the dll's in design time i could use the dll's custom activities.Now the issue is i want to load the activities from the dll's which are...
15 Mar 2016 by Richard MacCutchan
You already posted this question at Easy workflow system[^], and received a suggestion; the rest is up to you.
15 Feb 2016 by Member 10070308
function saveDiagram(done) { bpmnjs.saveXML({ format: true }, function (err, xml) { done(err, xml); });}function Save() { saveDiagram(function (err, xml) { $.ajax({ type: "POST", url: '/Home/SaveBPMModel', data:...
15 Feb 2016 by Member 10070308
GitHub - bpmn-io/bpmn-js: A BPMN 2.0 renderer and web modeler[^]I m working based on this , I know that it is possible to save diagram as XML. But how to do it. I tried to use the SaveXML as below by wrapping the SaveXML inside a javascript function. Added a button and called the...
1 Dec 2015 by DanielBrownAU
There is a couple of options using different paths to do what you want.The first option I would suggest having a look at, is using Content Types and the Content Query Web Part to show you all tasks which are assigned to you ([Me]) within the current site collection. (This would not copy the...
30 Nov 2015 by Member 12128099
Hi,I’ve made a Meeting workspace and of course it has tasks. I also have a main site for tasks which in Parent site of this workspace. How can I Copy the task which create in this work space to my task list in parent site? Is there any workflow? I couldn’t find connections between sites in...
16 Nov 2015 by Dan Uric
Hello,I want to do a simple nintex workflow to manage invoices. the idea is the following:first list with invoices+-----------+-----------+--------+| Invoice | PO Number | Amount |+-----------+-----------+--------+| Invoice 1 | 1234 | 25 || Invoice 2 | 1234 | ...
29 Oct 2015 by Christophe_
Hi,I was wondering if there is a way to convert a List to a VisualBasicValue> programmatically with reflection or something ?At least with T is string or ValueType.Thank you
28 Oct 2015 by Christophe_
We would like to make workflows designed by end users.I was able to store some workflow definitions in the database, reload them and make them work in a service.For the user to be able to create workflows, we need to create our own activities. I would like to pass non simple arguments (ie...
28 Oct 2015 by Christophe_
The only way I found was to wrap the sequence into a DynamicActivity and to pass parameters to the WorkflowApplication (or WorkflowInvoker) :Activity1 act1 = new Activity1();act1.Arg1 = new InArgument>(new VisualBasicValue>("MyVals"));Sequence seq = new Sequence{ Activities = {...
27 Aug 2015 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov
Please look at this open-source project: ASP.NET MVC / Windows Workflow Foundation Integration.—SA
27 Aug 2015 by forccyy
I have one asp.net MVC based application for vendor data collection system.Vendor will be provided with 1 temporary generated link, username and password. Vendor visits the link and fills the form (Asp.net MVC based).As soon as vendor fills the form data should be visible to person1 (lets...
26 Aug 2015 by ADS14
Hi ,I am working in Nintex Workflow, is there is any way to direct the workflow status page from list using c# code. ?Thanks in advance
21 Aug 2015 by Tushar Gohel
in designer select workflow start automatically
19 Aug 2015 by Member 10738397
I am developing asp.net MVC application which i need to implement persistent in workflow correlation.I have to implement approval and reject process using correlation.I already worked on correlation in workflow. basically it will save the state of the workflow temporarily.But i want to...
31 Jul 2015 by VishalJadhav89
right click on tools and check for show all option then it will shows, but these are the disabled.as mentioned on this linkhttps://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Workflow-Manager-10-4d6b3c14[^]Workflow Manager tools is not yet supported on Visual Studio 2013. please check link for...
16 Jul 2015 by Member 11541897
Hello! I have a fairly large vb windows forms application that allows for various tables in an sql database to be viewed, and manipulated. The program has a login and allows users to access different things depending on who they are. I need to create a workflow inside this program that...
30 Jun 2015 by Duncan Edwards Jones
Have a look at the Windows Workflow[^] namespace/tools.
30 Jun 2015 by Sabi1610
I'm creating an application that manages, automobile insurance with C# MVC 4 Entity framework. For the Admin module of the application, I want the Administrator to manage the processes; Creating workflow shilts the application is running on how to manage an automobile accident file. For Example,...
1 Jun 2015 by Member 11226682
Error loading and running event receiver Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowAutostartEventReceiver in Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c. Additional information is below.: Object reference not set to an instance of an...
23 Apr 2015 by Sakti Mohapatra
Hi All,I am facing an issue with SP2013 Custom Workflow developed using Visual Studio 2012. Objective of the Custom workflow: User fills the form and submit, list get updated and workflow will initiate and go for the process.Issue: After the deployment of WF, for first time when user...
18 Apr 2015 by Mohamed Mousa
i tired to search for example to make business process for Single Page Application using Workflow Foundation please help me
7 Apr 2015 by Member 11588270
I am creating a workflow for a award application. In which if someone nominate any user then it goes to nominee's manager and if the requester is nominee's manager then request goes to requestor's manager for approval.Here I am facing problem with If condition. Smanager Value is not...
2 Apr 2015 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov
JavaScript can only operate on a single page, or navigate to another one. To affect different site, use AJAX: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_%28programming%29.—SA
1 Apr 2015 by syna syna
Hi all,I have created a workflow in some x machine and I created a bookmark (using persistence) in that machine.Now I want to resume that bookmark in some y machine using same workflow which is there in machine x.My problem is I am able to resume bookmark in machine y but it is not...
30 Mar 2015 by syna syna
The SqlWorkflowInstanceStore lock does not exist in the database. This could have occurred because the SQL Server is busy or because the connection was temporarily lost.
24 Mar 2015 by syna syna
EnvironmentLocationReference in dynamicupdatemap.map file but with “Cannot remove activity ‘1.131:” 'EnvironmentLocationReference’ because it is currently Executing “Cannot remove activity ‘1.142:” 'EnvironmentLocationReference’ because it is currently Executing exceptionhow to resolve this
22 Mar 2015 by syna syna
Can anyone explain me how to use dynamic update in state machine workflow?
22 Mar 2015 by syna syna
'EnvironmentLocationReference' is not of type 'InternalState'. When loading this instance you must ensure that the activity with name 'EnvironmentLocationReference' implements 'InternalState'.Please help to resolve this.Getting Exception in workflowapplication wfapp=new...
18 Mar 2015 by Nitin Giri
I have a windows workflow designer wherein the customer can design his own workflows. I have created a custom workflow activity names FinalizeParticipantWorkflow which looks like this:http://postimg.org/image/6xvi8zse3/[^]Clicking on the checkbox disables both the dropdowns.My...
26 Feb 2015 by Zoltán Zörgő
What about looking around by Microsoft: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/hh781025.aspx[^]
26 Feb 2015 by syna syna
hican anyone tell me differences between windows workflow foundation and wf4.0 and wf4.5?
4 Feb 2015 by nagendrathecoder
Check this[^]
4 Feb 2015 by Member 11423884
i would integate a workflow in modules for my ERP.. please any one help me. thank you
2 Jan 2015 by User-11313602
I am working on a workflow project required persistence to make sure one server can continue a workflow which initiated on another server. Please suggest if you have any idea on Workflow Persistence using AppFabric cache
18 Dec 2014 by Peter Leow
Check this out: tool[^]
18 Dec 2014 by Member 9756885
You can you use DevExpress or Telerik compoent which make your design better.
18 Dec 2014 by miro101z
i'm asked to how develop Point of sale systems ...like transight or micros .this software after you install it you can create F&B for restaurant and hotels systemsin easy and fast steps . i want to know what is the tool of the way to start developing such that software.thanks.
20 Nov 2014 by DamithSL
you can use Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)[^] with Visual Studio Community 2013 edition [^]
20 Nov 2014 by Omkaara
Hi thereIs anyone aware of open source workflow design available for dot net for example [^]
14 Nov 2014 by Member 11145271
I've created SharePoint Designer Workflow to update the Balance Qty in same row whenever user will update Deliver Qty & Deliver Date. Also activated the version history to view the previous Delivery Date & Delivery Qty.Here first time when I enter the Pu. Order Qty and Delivery Qty its...
13 Oct 2014 by Nilesh_AES
It seems like you have made mistake while promoting your field.In such cases you should use show promotion.
12 Oct 2014 by Member 11147160
I'm using a Worfklow which should create a task item and assign a user to the "AssignedTo" field. I'm pretty sure the workflow is alright but the only difference from the REST API code to the workflow, is the string which I'll get when executing the workflow.So.. let's say the important part...
11 Oct 2014 by AmrusPeppy
I am working in Workflow project. I am the new one in workflow.For Single activity , persistence and bookmark are working fine ,but for Mulitple activity persistence and bookmark in a workflow are not working.What i need is for executing multiple activity using persistence and bookmark. please...
9 Sep 2014 by july2008
I have a workflow for my sharepoint list. when the workflow run, it will send a email to the users.Earlier this morning, the users got two emails. Then i checked the workflow history,I found it ran twice, so it send two emails. It confused me very much . Please help !!!!! Thanks.
4 Sep 2014 by kbrandwijk
You can either use the Server-side object model, allowing you to run the application only on the same server that has Sharepoint installed, or the client object model, which you can run from anywhere.There are different version of the client object model for JavaScript, SilverLight, Mobile...
4 Sep 2014 by Mausumi Mohandas
I want to start an approval workflow on the click of a button. I need to set all the parameters of the workflow, and its approver, everything programatically. Can anyone help me with this please?I am very new to SharePoint and do not have SharePoint installed on my computer. I have access to...
1 Sep 2014 by Athar Raza Faridi
Hi Friends,We have a SharePoint 2010 Designer workflow with 25 approval stages (supposed to run for around 1.5 yrs. ) . We have a consistent problem in the workflow as it keeps failing with message "error occured" at some stages(not uniform) after a users tries to submit his Tasks .After...
31 Aug 2014 by bahman01
When I want to compile, an error shown:#error: The expression you have entered is not valid.Plus in Visual Studio 2010 this message is shown:'if' conditional must have boolean type.and my code for expression is:Message_2.Article.Approved = false;and this is my XML code in scheme...
26 Aug 2014 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov
Not enough information. But you should understand certain things. You should never ever mix different target platforms in one process. All platforms can be freely combined only with "AnyCPU". AnyCPU is the most usable target which you should use in almost all cases. It is possible because it is...
26 Aug 2014 by Dile90BJ
Hi,Can i declare arguments that has In/out as direction type and read its values while activity is not finished. If so, at which point in time i can read it (e.g. only while activity is persisted or at any time i want)? May i have some code example of this?Regards,Dile90BJ
26 Aug 2014 by Dile90BJ
Hi, everybody.I am new to WF and this forum. I have several questions.First and most important is: does workflow foundation have full support for x64 platforms?I have other questions and i'm not sure if they are related to title and if i shoud ask them here. As i said I am new to...
17 Aug 2014 by Member 11018391
I have a SharePoint Library and I want to generate and send PDF of the form in an email when form is submitted to the SharePoint library.Is there any way to do it using workflow or any other way to achieve this?Thanks
8 Aug 2014 by GREG_DORIANcod
I´m developing the following tutorial: How to create a custom activity in Workflow Manager 1.0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn175762(v=azure.10).aspx[^] in the section where it says drag a httpSend, this did not appear in the Toolbox.send control doesn´t have method GET, and...
2 Jul 2014 by Mirko Venker
Hi,we want to use the LabDefaultTemplate and customize this workflow a little bit. Bit one of our bigges problems is that we want to send won defined attributes of the workflow to out deployment scripts. We have found a documentation that´s possible to send BuildLocation and some other...
9 Jun 2014 by Sharath.Mitte
hi friends can any one give me idea about the unlock the activity in workflow when its locked..? we have to create one custom method for that but i don't know how to do that and my code isWorkflowApplication app = new WorkflowApplication(new InsuredMemberWorkFlow.CreatePatient()); ...
21 May 2014 by Kinna-10626331
Hi I tried to find a solution for this:I'm using the Metadata Navigation settings of Lists in SharePoint 2013. They are drop down menus\filters that sorts my lists.These menus are based on the values of Choice Type columns or Metadata Columns. My problem is that I want to update the...
16 May 2014 by Sidharth R
Vb code for passing parameter to a workflow..my form code is give belowImports System.ThreadingImports System.ActivitiesImports System.Activities.HostingPublic Class Form1 Dim param As Dictionary(Of String, Object) Dim wInstance As WorkflowInstance Dim...
14 May 2014 by DamithSL
Yes, you can create stand-alone app/exe with WF.Read Hello, WF![^]
14 May 2014 by Sidharth R
Hi , i just wanna to know if i can make a stand-alone / EXE project in visual studio 2010 using WorkFlow Service.. if yes please provide some useful tip and sample project. I need to pass two values to a workflow and the output of the workflow should be received back to my...