WF 4.5 http://rickgaribay.net/category/55.aspx WF 4.5 en-US Rick G. Garibay rickgaribay@hotmail.com Subtext Version 1.9.5.176 Bite Size Bits: Panning in WF 4.5 http://rickgaribay.net/archive/2012/03/01/bite-size-bits-panning-in-wf-4.5.aspx <p>Workflows can get big pretty quickly.</p> <p>VS 2010 required scrolling vertically and horizontally to navigate larger, more complex workflows.</p> <p>VS 2011 brings panning which is a much more natural way to navigate.</p> <p>2010: No Pan</p> <p><a href="http://rickgaribay.net/Images/customcontent/3b34e0ba8e02_1085E/WF-No-Pan.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="WF No Pan" border="0" alt="WF No Pan" src="http://rickgaribay.net/Images/customcontent/3b34e0ba8e02_1085E/WF-No-Pan_thumb.png" width="186" height="29" /></a></p> <p>2011: Pan, yay.</p> <p><a href="http://rickgaribay.net/Images/customcontent/3b34e0ba8e02_1085E/WF-Pan.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="WF Pan" border="0" alt="WF Pan" src="http://rickgaribay.net/Images/customcontent/3b34e0ba8e02_1085E/WF-Pan_thumb.png" width="199" height="25" /></a></p> <p>Learn more about the designer improvements in WF 4.5 here: <a title="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh305677(VS.110).aspx" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh305677(VS.110).aspx">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh305677(VS.110).aspx</a></p><img src="http://rickgaribay.net/aggbug/336.aspx" width="1" height="1" /> Rick G. Garibay http://rickgaribay.net/archive/2012/03/01/bite-size-bits-panning-in-wf-4.5.aspx Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:51:59 GMT http://rickgaribay.net/archive/2012/03/01/bite-size-bits-panning-in-wf-4.5.aspx#feedback http://rickgaribay.net/comments/commentRss/336.aspx http://rickgaribay.net/services/trackbacks/336.aspx Bite Size Bits: WF 4.5 Annotations http://rickgaribay.net/archive/2012/03/01/bite-size-bits-wf-4.5-annotations.aspx <p>Workflows are visually descriptive by their nature, but sometimes it is helpful to add a note that further describes, or annotates an activity as a step in a process, or serve as a way to add a note during a code/design review, for example.</p> <p>With annotations, you simply right click an activity and select Annotation. Both hidden and pinned modes are supported.</p> <p>Here is an example of an annotation that is pinned. When you click on the post-it note looking icon in the upper right hand corner of the activity (hidden mode), the annotation will appear:</p> <p><a href="http://rickgaribay.net/Images/customcontent/5b43ae192f4f_104AA/WF-Annotate-1.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="WF Annotate 1" border="0" alt="WF Annotate 1" src="http://rickgaribay.net/Images/customcontent/5b43ae192f4f_104AA/WF-Annotate-1_thumb.png" width="640" height="177" /></a></p> <p>If you pin the annotation, it will be in-lined within the activity canvas itself:</p> <p><a href="http://rickgaribay.net/Images/customcontent/5b43ae192f4f_104AA/WF-Annotate-2.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="WF Annotate 2" border="0" alt="WF Annotate 2" src="http://rickgaribay.net/Images/customcontent/5b43ae192f4f_104AA/WF-Annotate-2_thumb.png" width="640" height="265" /></a></p> <p>Learn more about the designer improvements in WF 4.5 here: <a title="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh305677(VS.110).aspx" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh305677(VS.110).aspx">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh305677(VS.110).aspx</a></p><img src="http://rickgaribay.net/aggbug/335.aspx" width="1" height="1" /> Rick G. Garibay http://rickgaribay.net/archive/2012/03/01/bite-size-bits-wf-4.5-annotations.aspx Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:41:55 GMT http://rickgaribay.net/archive/2012/03/01/bite-size-bits-wf-4.5-annotations.aspx#feedback http://rickgaribay.net/comments/commentRss/335.aspx http://rickgaribay.net/services/trackbacks/335.aspx Bite Size Bits: WF 4.5 C# Expressions http://rickgaribay.net/archive/2012/03/01/bite-size-bits-wf-4.5-c-expressions.aspx <p>Nothing against VB, but many (read most) .NET developers love their curly braces and semicolons. </p> <p>WF 4.5 now supports C# expressions giving you the choice to keep your VB projects or go with C#, all the way, baby!</p> <p><a href="http://rickgaribay.net/Images/customcontent/Bite-Size-Bits-WF-4.5-C-Expressions_1016E/WF-C.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="WF C#" border="0" alt="WF C#" src="http://rickgaribay.net/Images/customcontent/Bite-Size-Bits-WF-4.5-C-Expressions_1016E/WF-C_thumb.png" width="644" height="477" /></a></p> <p>Learn more about the designer improvements in WF 4.5 here: <a title="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh305677(VS.110).aspx" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh305677(VS.110).aspx">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh305677(VS.110).aspx</a></p><img src="http://rickgaribay.net/aggbug/334.aspx" width="1" height="1" /> Rick G. Garibay http://rickgaribay.net/archive/2012/03/01/bite-size-bits-wf-4.5-c-expressions.aspx Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:31:37 GMT http://rickgaribay.net/archive/2012/03/01/bite-size-bits-wf-4.5-c-expressions.aspx#feedback 1 http://rickgaribay.net/comments/commentRss/334.aspx http://rickgaribay.net/services/trackbacks/334.aspx