Chapter 3. Flowchart Workflow

In this chapter, you'll create a workflow that uses the Flowchart activity. As its name suggests, a Flowchart activity works just like a flowchart; activities are connected together by decision trees. Using a Sequence activity, the child activities are executed in top-down (sequential) order. However, in a Flowchart activity, the child activities can be executed in any order, based on the decision branches.

Creating a Flowchart Workflow

Start by creating a new project/solution. Choose the Workflow Console Application template, as shown in Figure 3-1.

Creating a flowchart workflow project

Figure 3-1. Creating a flowchart workflow project

Designing the Flowchart ...

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