March 2006 - Posts

• Spawned Contexts - Replicator, While, State, EventHandlers, and CAG

  Ever wonder why this.delayActivity1.TimeoutDuration sometimes doesn't change the timeout duration? How come this.callExternalMethodActivity1.ParameterBindings["(ReturnValue)"] isn't giving you the value you expect in some scenarios? How is it possible Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 21, 2006 8:20 PM by ntalbert | 18 Comments

• Workflows and Transactions

  QUESTION: How do I get access to a transaction inside my workflow? ANSWER: First of all, this post has nothing to do with flowing a transaction into a workflow instance. That is a completely different topic which we might cover at some other time. TransactionScopeActivity Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 01, 2006 10:52 PM by ntalbert | 3 Comments

• Clean up your Created Workflows

  QUESTION: What happens to a workflow instance I've created but never started? ANSWER: Calling WorkflowRuntime.CreateWorkflow () will give you back a WorkflowInstance which, in essence, is a proxy to a runtime instance in the Created state. But what happens Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:58 PM by ntalbert | 0 Comments