Chapter 7. Extending the Built-In Activities

In this chapter, you'll start with the project from Chapter 6 and refine the order pricing rules. In the process, I'll demonstrate two techniques for extending the built-in activities: creating custom activities and using the InvokeMethod activity.

Reusing the Chapter 6 Project

Start Visual Studio 2010 and create a new project. Choose the Blank Solution template, as shown in Figure 7-1. Enter the solution name as Chapter07.

Creating a blank solution

Figure 7-1. Creating a blank solution

Copy the OrderProcess subfolder from the Chapter06 folder to the Chapter07 folder. In the Solution Explorer, right-click the Chapter07 solution and ...

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