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Hello SPD gurus,

I just wanted some insight on the deployment aspect of workflows designed in SPD. I understand that deployment for workflows is handled by SharePoint designer itself (just in time compilation etc), but is there a possibility that we could package the workflows as a feature (like the ones that are custom coded in Visual Studio) and deploy them on MOSS ?

Thanks,

Osman

Hello Osman,

As you may know, when WF is developed (encapsulated) inside SPD the workflow rules file is declarative for a specific document library etc.  If you are interested in deploying one type of wf for multiple libraries, sites or site collections VS would need to be utilized, as you pointed out.

I understand you desire to take an existing SPD wf and utilize it it throughout the MOSS environment but because SPD does not allow you to package the workflow assembly and workflow definition as a SharePoint Feature it will not allow you to deploy it throughout the site; it does not compile the code into a an assembly.

Hi manager17,

Thank you for your reply.

Can you pelase refer to Eilene's post:

"Porting SharePoint Designer Workflows to Visual Studio"

Does this post imply that we can actually deploy Workflows designed in SPD as a a feature and therefore use them across multiple lists ?

Thanks,

Osman