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Comparing the Workflow Rules Engine to the BizTalk Business Rules Engine

Back in November I delivered a presentation to the Twin Cities BizTalk User Group titled 'Rule Engines: Workflow Rules vs. BizTalk Rules'. Since then I have been working with the Rules Team in Redmond and with their input I have updated and added content
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Using the WF rules to iterate over a collection

I thought I understood how the WF Rules iterated over a collection. Isn't that always how it goes - you really prove it to yourself when you can explain it to someone else. Well, I started to explain how I thought it worked and this person started asking
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Tracking Rules Execution in Windows Workflow

In my previous blog entry on Tracking and the TrackingExtract functionality I talked about the ability to track the rules that fired. As part of this functionality I needed to capture the rules that fired as well as to capture an XML representation of
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WF Custom Activities and the ToolboxBitmap attribute

Ok, so this isn't just limited to Windows Workflow. It is relevant to any piece of code that will end up on the Visual Studio toolbox. I am building a number of custom activities and I got tired of seeing the standard cog graphic in the toolbar for each
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Windows Workflow Tracking and the TrackingExtract functionality

New Page 1 I was writing a custom tracking service for the Windows Workflow engine for my client that will be used to track the rules that fired. One of the things that I wanted to do was to track the values of the properties that my rules would touch.
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Programmatically Create Windows Workflow Rules

I am currently working with a client that is evaluating the Windows Workflow Rules Engine. One of their requirements is that they need to be able to create the rules programmatically through their own application. First we looked at the ability to host
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BizTalk and Windows Workflow

It always comes down to choices. The biggest part of choosing is knowing what you gain and what you give up with each alternative. Whenever I start talking about Windows Workflow I am always asked many questions. Typically the first question that is asked
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