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    Hello,

    I've got a general question concerning Windows Workflow foundation.
    In samples in books on WF the workflow activities typically show user
    interface directly to the user when the activity need to communicate with a
    human.
    But if you have a n-tier application you can't do that because the workflow
    in located in the business layer. The smart client uses webservice to talk
    to the business layer.

    Are there any patterns or something that can be used to communicate with
    humans using workflow in an n-tier application?
    How can the workflow communicate with humans when it is located in the
    business layer?

    -rj



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    If you can isolate the code into its own routine, which you can with WF, you
    can put it in another library. The worst thing that might happen, in WF, is
    you will have to persist the workflow state in a different manner.

    Look at the workflows in web applications, as they can give you a hint on
    setting up libraries to persist. Most examples will probably embed code in
    the ASPX (bleck!), but it is the persistance methods you are examining and
    trying to get a paradigm shift out of.

    Good luck!

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    Gregory A. Beamer
    MVP, MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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    news:uErWRUeMIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
    > Hello,
    >
    > I've got a general question concerning Windows Workflow foundation.
    > In samples in books on WF the workflow activities typically show user
    > interface directly to the user when the activity need to communicate with
    > a human.
    > But if you have a n-tier application you can't do that because the
    > workflow in located in the business layer. The smart client uses
    > webservice to talk to the business layer.
    >
    > Are there any patterns or something that can be used to communicate with
    > humans using workflow in an n-tier application?
    > How can the workflow communicate with humans when it is located in the
    > business layer?
    >
    > -rj
    >




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