Creating and Hosting Workflows (14 percent)

• Create state machine workflows.
• Create sequential workflows.
• Select workflow authoring mode.
• Host a workflow and designer in an application.
• Initialize and manage the workflow life cycle.
• Modify a workflow at runtime.

• Handle events from the host.
• Call methods on the host.
• Consume services from a workflow.
• Expose workflow as a service.

• Create custom activities.
• Create custom composite activities.
• Define custom activity layout.
• Add dependency properties.
• Communicate with the host from a custom activity.
• Customize activity serialization.

• Write rule sets.
• Define rule chaining, priority, and property dependency.
• Change rules at runtime.
• Execute rule sets.
• Implement conditional branching logic.

• Create and manage transactional workflows.
• Create and handle compensations.
• Enlist batch process in a transaction.
• Perform exception handling.
• Handle cancellations.

• Create a runtime service.
• Hydrate and dehydrate workflows.
• Track workflows.
• Monitor workflows.

MS 6462 - Visual Studio 2008: Windows Workflow Foundation