The Workflow Designer is a component in UBIK® which appears on many occasions, namely every time when there is a Workflow to be displayed or edited. It features a full re-hosted version of the designer for the Microsoft Workflow Foundation, extended with manipulation capabilities for UBIK® objects.
Basics
Toolbox
The Toolbox features a wide range of Activities that cane be used within your Workflows. There are generic activities as well as activities specific for the manipulation of UBIK® objects.
Standard activities
| Activity | Originator | Category | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| AddToCollection<T> | Microsoft | - | |
| Assign | Microsoft | - | |
| Assign<T> | Microsoft | - | |
| AddToCollection<T> | Microsoft | - | |
| CancellationScope | Microsoft | - | |
| ClearCollection<T> | Microsoft | - | |
| CompensableActivity | Microsoft | - | |
| Compensate | Microsoft | - | |
| Confirm | Microsoft | - | |
| Delay | Microsoft | - | |
| DoWhile | Microsoft | - | |
| ExistsInCollection<T> | Microsoft | - | |
| FlowChart | Microsoft | - | |
| FlowSwitch<T> | Microsoft | - | |
| FlowDecision | Microsoft | - | |
| InvokeMethod | Microsoft | - |
UBIK® activities
Design canvas
Property window
Working with the designer
Toolbar
| Item | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Open file | Opens a dialog to load a previously saved UBIK® workflow file (.uwf) into the design canvas |
| Save to file | Saves the current design canvas into a file (.uwf) |
This control doesn't feature any context menu yet.