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 | Category | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| AddToCollection<T> | - | - |
| Assign | - | - |
| Assign<T> | - | - |
| AddToCollection<T> | - | - |
| CancellationScope | - | - |
| ClearCollection<T> | - | - |
| CompensableActivity | - | - |
| Compensate | - | - |
| Confirm | - | - |
| Delay | - | - |
| DoWhile | - | - |
| ExistsInCollection<T> | - | - |
| FlowChart | - | - |
| FlowSwitch<T> | - | - |
| FlowDecision | - | - |
| InvokeMethod | - | - |
UBIK® activities
| Activity | Category | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| DebugMessage | UBIK Control Flow | - |
| InvokeInterface | UBIK Control Flow | - |
| InvokeWorkflow | UBIK Control Flow | - |
| AssignToSystemRelation | UBIK Object Primitives | - |
| CreateInstance | UBIK Object Primitives | - |
| DeleteObject | UBIK Object Primitives | - |
| RemoveFromSystemRelation | UBIK Object Primitives | - |
| SaveObject | UBIK Object Primitives | - |
| SetPropertyValue | UBIK Object Primitives | - |
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.