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Create a custom WF activity

Create a new class library project, and derive the new activity class from Activity (or CompositeActivity if you’re building a composite activity).

Validate the activity properties

Provide a custom activity validator. Note validation can ignore activity state, return warnings, or elect to fail compilation by returning errors for specific conditions. Don’t forget you need to add the ActivityValidator attribute to your main activity class.

Add a Toolbox bitmap

Insert an appropriate bitmap into your activity project. Set its Build Action property to Embedded Resource. Finally, add the ToolboxBitmapAttribute to your activity to actually load it.

Tailor the appearance of your activity in the ...

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