Messaging activity designers
Applies to: 
Visual Studio 
Visual Studio for Mac
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Messaging activity designers are used to create and configure messaging activities that send and receive Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) messages from within a Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) application. Five messaging activities were introduced in .NET Framework 4. The Workflow Designer provides two template designers that enable you to manage messaging within a workflow.
The topics contained in this section and listed in the following table provide guidance on how to use the Workflow Designer activity and template designers.
Related sections
For other types of activity designers, see the following topics: