State Machine Activities in WF
This topic applies to Windows Workflow Foundation 4 (WF4).
Update 4.0.1 for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (KB2478063) provides several system-provided activities and activity designers for creating state machine workflows.
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State machine functionality in Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) was introduced as part of the Update 4.0.1 for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (KB2478063). To create state machine workflow applications in Visual Studio 2010, the Update 4.0.1 for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 – Design-time Package for Visual Studio 2010 SP1 (KB2495593) is required. For more information and instructions on how to download and configure these updates, see Update 4.0.1 for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Features.
Executes contained activities using the familiar state machine paradigm. |
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Represents a state in a state machine. |
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Represents a terminating state in a state machine. FinalState is an activity designer that when used creates a State preconfigured as a terminating state. For more information, see FinalState Activity Designer. |
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Represents the transition between two states. There is no Toolbox item for Transition; transitions are created on the workflow designer by dragging and dropping a line between two states, or by dropping a state on the triangles that appear when one state is hovered over another. For more information, see Transition Activity Designer. |
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If the state machine activities do not appear in the Toolbox, ensure that the Target framework is set to one of the .NET Framework 4 Platform Update 1 profiles in the project properties.
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