Designing and Implementing Custom Activities

Custom activities in .NET Framework 4.6.1 are created by either assembling system-provided activities into composite activities or by creating new types that derive from CodeActivity, AsyncCodeActivity, or NativeActivity. This section describes how to create custom activities with either method.

In This Section

Activity Authoring Options Discusses the authoring styles available in .NET Framework 4.6.1.

Using a custom activity Describes how to add a custom activity to a workflow project.

Creating Asynchronous Activities Describes how to create asynchronous activities.

Configuring Activity Validation Describes how activity validation can be used to identify and report errors in an activity’s configuration prior to its execution.

Creating an Activity at Runtime Discusses how to create activities at runtime using DynamicActivity.

Workflow Execution Properties Describes how to use workflow execution properties to add context specific properties to an activity’s environment

Using Activity Delegates Discusses how to author and use activities that contain activity delegates.

Using Activity Extensions Describes how to author and use activity extensions.

Consuming OData Feeds from a Workflow Describes several methods for calling a WCF Data Service from a workflow.

Activity Definition Scoping and Visibility Describes the options and rules for defining data scoping and member visibility for activities.