Getting Started Writing a Custom Activity

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This topic applies to Windows Workflow Foundation 4 (WF4).

This sample demonstrates how to define a simple custom activity in XAML. The activity is given the name Rhyme, and its logic is a sequence of three WriteLine activities.

To set up, build, and run the sample

  1. Open the Simple.sln sample solution in Visual Studio 2010.

  2. Build and run the solution.

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The samples may already be installed on your machine. Check for the following (default) directory before continuing.

<InstallDrive>:\WF_WCF_Samples

If this directory does not exist, go to Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) Samples for .NET Framework 4 to download all Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and WF samples. This sample is located in the following directory.

<InstallDrive>:\WF_WCF_Samples\WF\Basic\CustomActivities\Composite\GettingStarted