Workflow vs. Application Automation Tools: Choosing the Right Tool for the
2009-09-23 09:00:00 With the increasing popularity of workflow software, many IT departments are wrestling with the distinction between workflow programs and application automation tools. In this white paper, you will learn the important distinctions between both and why your ultimate goal should be full automation.Request Free!
Make WCF and WF as Scalable and Robust as NServiceBus
2008-06-30 16:47:00 This topic is getting more play as more people are using WCF and WF in real-world scenarios, so I thought I’d pull the things that I’ve been watching in this space together: Reliability Locking in SqlWorkflowPersistenceService (via Ron Jacobs) where, if you want predictable persistence (MS: ‘none of our customers asked for this to be easy’), ...
Make WCF and WF as Scalable and Robust as NServiceBus
2008-06-30 16:47:00 This topic is getting more play as more people are using WCF and WF in real-world scenarios, so I thought I’d pull the things that I’ve been watching in this space together: Reliability Locking in SqlWorkflowPersistenceService (via Ron Jacobs) where, if you want predictable persistence (MS: ‘none of our customers asked for this to be easy’), ...
Make WCF and WF as Scalable and Robust as NServiceBus
2008-06-30 14:47:00 This topic is getting more play as more people are using WCF and WF in real-world scenarios, so I thought I’d pull the things that I’ve been watching in this space together: Reliability Locking in SqlWorkflowPersistenceService (via Ron Jacobs) where, if you want predictable persistence (MS: ‘none of our customers asked for this to be easy’), ...
Sagas Solve Stupid Transaction Timeouts
2008-06-23 09:09:00 It turns out that there was a subtle, yet dangerous problem in the use of System.Transactions - a transaction could timeout, rollback, and the connection bound to that transaction could still change data in the database. Think about that a second. Scary, isn’t it? At TechEd Israel I had a discussion with Manu on this very ...
Sagas Solve Stupid Transaction Timeouts
2008-06-23 09:09:00 It turns out that there was a subtle, yet dangerous problem in the use of System.Transactions - a transaction could timeout, rollback, and the connection bound to that transaction could still change data in the database. Think about that a second. Scary, isn’t it? At TechEd Israel I had a discussion with Manu on this very ...
Sagas Solve Stupid Transaction Timeouts
2008-06-23 02:09:00 It turns out that there was a subtle, yet dangerous problem in the use of System.Transactions - a transaction could timeout, rollback, and the connection bound to that transaction could still change data in the database. Think about that a second. Scary, isn’t it? At TechEd Israel I had a discussion with Manu on this very ...
Metastorm BPM 7.6 and Windows Workflow part 2
2008-06-08 23:18:00 In part 1 I discussed the new Windows Workflow features in Metastorm BPM 7.6. I'll now move onto the database tables used by WF workflows in Metastorm. First we have two tables that contain process metadata. eMSWorkflow is pretty simple, it contains one entry for each workflow published to the database. There is a column for the name of the workflow and a GUID column. The name is the name that will be used when executing a workflow from Metastorm. I'm unclear what the GUID column is for. Multiple workflows with the same name aren't possible so it isn't for differentiating between two workflows with the same name. eMSWorkflowDefinition holds an entry for each workflow version published to the database. Most of this table is pretty self-explanatory. Again there is a GUID column whose purpose isn't clear. There is an interesting column called 'eWorkflowDefinitionType'. I haven't investigated this too far but it suggests that it is possible to publish workflows as assemblies or ...
By: Bell End
Parallel People Workflow - Acrobat.com
2008-06-03 02:31:00 BuzzWord + ConnectNow + 5GB Shared for me at Acrobat.com - it was the happy very first day of Summer’08.It seems like I’ve just thought about something like it and now it’s here. Actually, I was only thirsty for using Connect as replacement for my teleconferencing with clients, but Adobe, it looks like you read ...
By: Flash Teh Ripper
Adding code to a XOML workflow
2008-05-27 23:30:00 I was aware that it was possible to add code to a XOML workflow but I hadn't actually seen any examples of it, until I started looking into the Metastorm WF integration. I'm not sure it's something I'd like to do, it's pretty ugly and I like the idea of producing a workflow definition in a purely declarative manner. That way you're forced to put real code in their own activities which I think helps the overall design of your system. However there is one place where it isn't possible to do everything in XML, when you need to add a property to a XOML workflow. So here's an example of that. If you get stuck using this, you're on your own, I don't know much about it and the documentation seems a bit thin on the ground. Here's hoping that MS add support for XOML properties in the next release... <x:Code><![CDATA[//<-;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>//<XCo-deItem xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/20-01/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/20-01/XMLSche...
By: Bell End
Metastorm BPM 7.6 and Windows Workflow part 1
2008-05-26 21:42:00 The new version of Metastorm BPM, 7.6, has several new features (and I may do a full review at some point), but the one that interests me the most is the integration with Windows Workflow. This has been a fairly long time in development, a screenshot appeared on the web about 18 months ago. The first WF integration appeared in 7.5, which allowed BPM functionality to be called from WF workflows. This was not of great interest to me as it always seemed more useful to be able to call WF workflows from Metastorm. This is what has been added in 7.6. Installation is easy, although a complete re-install is required, rather than an in-place upgrade. An upgrade will update the 7.5 pieces, but will not install the new 7.6 pieces. The main thing of interest is the new WF designer (called WF Composer) that is used to develop and publish WF workflows to the Metastorm database. It's quite a nice tool, but my main gripe is that it's not Visual Studio. If it's aimed at developers then integratio...
By: Bell End
Minimalistic GTD workflow: Getting Things Done with Do It!
2008-05-13 12:44:00 Although a little too simple for my taste, Do It (formerly known as “To Do”) is one of the “oldies but goldies” around the Mac software community. Yes, I know, I am being mean, after all, “Do It” is only one or two years old - the author blog haven’t been updated since last year, ...
Synchronous execution of a child XOML workflow
2008-05-05 23:41:00 Previously I came up with a reasonable approach to executing a child XOML workflow asynchronously but what I was really after was executing the workflow synchronously. I eventually realised that the solution to this problem was to fire up another WorkflowRuntime and execute the workflow using that. I now have a WorkflowExecutor class as below.using System;using System.IO;using System.Text;using System.Threading;using System.Workflow.ComponentModel.-Compiler;using System.Workflow.Runtime;using System.Xml;namespace WFBuild.Activities{ /// <summary> /// Executes a workflow synchronously /// </summary> public class WorkflowExecutor { private AutoResetEvent waitHandle; private Guid wfGuid; private Exception ex; public void Execute(string fileName) { WorkflowRuntime workflowRuntime = new WorkflowRuntime(); workflowRuntime.StartRuntime();- workflowRuntime.WorkflowComplet-ed += new EventHandler<WorkflowComplet-edEventArgs>(workflowRuntime-_Wor...
By: Bell End
Getting a list of services loaded into the workflow runtime
2008-04-27 23:14:00 Getting a list of the services loaded into the workflow runtime is pretty simple. Here's some code to do it.using System;using System.Collections.ObjectModel;-using System.Workflow.Runtime;namespa-ce GetAllServices{ class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { WorkflowRuntime runtime = new WorkflowRuntime(); runtime.StartRuntime(); ReadOnlyCollection<object>-; services = runtime.GetAllServices(typeof(o-bject)); for (int i = 0; i < services.Count; i++) { Console.WriteLine(services[i].T-oString()); } Console.ReadLine(); } }}If you try to get a service from inside an activity using the ActivityExecutionContext.GetSer-vice method, the available services will be different. Looking in Reflector, you'll see there are several services that won't be returned and the IStartWorkflow service will be created on the fly. Also have a look at WorkflowExecutor.GetService called from ActivityExecutionContext.GetSer-vice which also special...
By: Bell End
Invoking a XOML workflow from a workflow
2008-04-26 18:01:00 The built-in InvokeWorkflow activity requires a compiled workflow type which isn't too useful if you're trying to execute a XOML-based workflow. Initially I thought I could compile the XOML workflow and then use the InvokeWorkflow activity. The problem with this approach is that the InvokeWorkflow's TargetWorkflow property can't be set at run-time. The solution is pretty straightforward, compile the workflow then use the IStartWorkflow service to start the workflow (which is what InvokeWorkflow does internally). But there are still a couple of issues with this. First, there is no way to pass parameters to a XOML workflow, since there is no way to add top-level properties. You could workaround this by sub-classing the SequentialWorkflowActivity and adding properties for the parameters you want to pass. The second problem is if you want the child workflow to finish before continuing with the parent workflow. rather than starting the child workflow asynchronously. I've seen examp...
By: Bell End
Photoshop Workflow Setups: Eddie Tapp on Digital Photography
2008-04-08 11:21:00 Book Description Leery of 800-page books that try to teach you everything about digital photography? You should be. Rather than delve into the nuances of efficient workflow, color management, or creating spectacular enhancements, these doorstop volumes tend to gloss over key information in an attempt to cover everything. Our new book series, Eddie Tapp on Digital Photography, is different. An
By: eBookeesh
Aspose.Workflow for .NET
2008-04-08 11:04:00 Click to enlarge Aspose.Workflow for .NET 1.2.11.0 Aspose.Workflow is a .NET component that provides a powerful workflow engine along with a full set of industry standard workflow objects. It supports; WFMC XPDL 1.0, Export/Import of XML file in XPDL format, Join/Split activity, Calling external application/ToolAgent, User/Group Management and participant mapping, User based worklist ...
Creating magazine with inDesign workflow features
2008-04-04 15:55:00 Adobe inDesign is a powerful page layout program with many features. It's possible to use inDesign to do everything from creating a business card or a magazine to professional graphic designers. Whether if you're new to page layout software or you're switching from QuarkXPress or PageMaker to inDesign you can use this tutorial to learn how to creating magazine or page layout with inDesign workflow features and many palettes. with this video tutorial. With inDesign you can to be a professional graphic designers because graphic designers around the world are using inDesign to produce all types of print and electronic publications.
5 steps to managing a blog writer’s workflow
2008-04-01 09:28:00 If you blog a lot, especially if you do it professionally, a lot of your day will be spent writing and reading stories. An RSS feed is an integral part of this, both for finding stuff to write about and also to keep yourself up to date on news. I think Google Reader is an excellent tool to manage 90% of your workflow in terms of writing and reading, it ads a great deal to my productivity at least. I used to send myself the stories I wanted to read or work on through Google Reader (take a look at the post here), but since I’ve switched to a tag and folder based approach. Here’s how I manage my blog workflow in 5 steps to maximize my productivity. 1. Organize your feeds by importance Instead of organizing my feeds by category it is more effective from an organization point of view to doing this by importance. This is helpful because I may have 1000+ unread items from some news feeds, which is not a big deal, but just one post missed from a site like the official Google blo...
By: Hack Your Day
Advisory: Adobe LiveCycle Workflow XSS Vulnerability
2008-03-11 21:10:00 Summary Name: Adobe LiveCycle Workflow XSS Vulnerability Release Date: 11 March 2008 Reference: LSD002-2008 CVE Number: CVE-2008-1202 Discover: Dave Lewis Vendor: Adobe Systems Product: LiveCycle Workflow 6.2 Management Web Interface Systems Affected: version 6.2 (as tested) NB. Other versions may be affected. Risk: Important Status: Published Reference: 1) http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blo-g/2008/03/11/advisory-adobe--230;ility/ 2) http://www.adobe.com/support/se-curity/bulletins/apsb08-10.html- Time Line Discovered: 16 January 2008 Reported: 16 January 2008 Fixed: 5 March 2008 Patch Release: 11 March 2008 Published: 11 March ...
Lightoom presets and video tutorials for workflow and special effects.
2008-03-08 11:15:00 Getting started using white balance, tone & vibrance presets. Monochrome: Using the Black & White conversion, tints & vignette presets. Color Effects: Using HSL presets and manual adjustments. See it in Action: Full workflow with several examples. Workflow tips for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
The Art of Workflow
2008-03-01 14:00:00 For many years the concept of developing a technical workflow process for a project was a largely irrelevant idea as the means of constructing a movie varied not at all.In traditional celluloid the processes of work-prints, telecines, edls and answer-prints remained largely unaltered from project to project. Likewise in video; a consistent workflow process regardless of size or nature of the project.But amoung the myriad of changes that have come with the digital age one of the most significant and challenging is the notion workflow options and multiple possible solutions.Weaving together separate elements of software tools, codecs, formats and resolutions the craft of constructing a workflow to meet the specific needs of production in a dedicated way is a remarkably new concept.Moreover the development of a project-specific workflow is essentially a process of defining aims, priorities, biases and hierarchies and thus is ultimately about deciding and facilitating creative dir...
By: Blog Zone
Prevent technology blow-ups from killing your project
2008-02-27 10:08:00 Why should you put a 10 foot pole between yourself and technology? Well, because Microsoft (or insert vendor of your choice here - they’re all equally guilty of this) tend to deprecate (as in kill) the technology they evangelised just last year/month/week. Microsoft Sql Server Notification Services are the latest victim. I hope you don’t have any application ...
Prevent technology blow-ups from killing your project
2008-02-27 10:08:00 Why should you put a 10 foot pole between yourself and technology? Well, because Microsoft (or insert vendor of your choice here - they’re all equally guilty of this) tend to deprecate (as in kill) the technology they evangelised just last year/month/week. Microsoft Sql Server Notification Services are the latest victim. I hope you don’t have any application ...
NServiceBus on Virtual TechEd
2008-02-21 23:33:00 Well, I had almost forgot about that interview. When I was at TechEd Barcelona last November (07), the morning after I flew in I experienced “the fish bowl” and Virtual TechEd for the first time. Anyway, after a short chat - and quite to my surprise, my interviewer, Paul Foster, decided that we should talk about ...
NServiceBus on Virtual TechEd
2008-02-21 23:33:00 Well, I had almost forgot about that interview. When I was at TechEd Barcelona last November (07), the morning after I flew in I experienced “the fish bowl” and Virtual TechEd for the first time. Anyway, after a short chat - and quite to my surprise, my interviewer, Paul Foster, decided that we should talk about ...
NServiceBus on Virtual TechEd
2008-02-21 23:33:00 Well, I had almost forgot about that interview. When I was at TechEd Barcelona last November (07), the morning after I flew in I experienced “the fish bowl” and Virtual TechEd for the first time. Anyway, after a short chat - and quite to my surprise, my interviewer, Paul Foster, decided that we should talk about ...
Exploring a unified component workflow between Flex and Flash
2008-02-21 13:38:00 Building applications in Adobe Flash that can also be used as Adobe Flex components can be a challenge, as I learned with a project involving an embeddable video player. Learn from this example how to create a project enabling you to share ...
Simplify Your Design Workflow With xScope 2.0
2008-02-01 08:16:00 The designers among us will be happy to know that IconFactory has released a new version of xScope, the popular web design toolbox application for Mac OS X. XScope is a collection of tools tailor-made for those looking to simplify common web design tasks ? like measuring, aligning and inspecting on-screen graphics and layouts. Although ...
Workflow de un diseñador
2008-01-27 20:36:00 Un “día a día” como cualquier otro de un diseñador que curra desde casa (o que en la empresa tiene ropa para cambiarse según su estado de ánimo ) Encontré este vídeo gracias a un tlog, que luego me llevó a un canal de Vimeo… Se trata de missha y recomiendo echar un ojo a ...
By: Primate Blog
Audio Presentation on SAP NW BPM and SAP Business Workflow
2008-01-17 22:58:00 SAP NetWeaver Product Manager Ginger Gatling provides an introduction to SAP NetWeaver Business Process Management, including SAP Business Workflow. Ginger discusses BPM capabilities in SAP NetWeaver, how BPM works today, as well as the SAP roadmap and new development areas for BPM. Link of Audio Presentation — > click here You will need to have access to SDN.. Just register it for free..!
[Presentation files] Asynchronous Systems Architecture for the Web
2008-01-07 09:17:00 We had a great turnout yesterday at the Web Developer Community (not user group <grin/>). I passed on the presentation files and code samples to Noam but figured that the rest of my readers might enjoy them as well. The (pdf) presentation is here: Asynchronous Systems Architecture for the Web The code sample ...
[Presentation files] Asynchronous Systems Architecture for the Web
2008-01-07 09:17:00 We had a great turnout yesterday at the Web Developer Community (not user group <grin/>). I passed on the presentation files and code samples to Noam but figured that the rest of my readers might enjoy them as well. The (pdf) presentation is here: Asynchronous Systems Architecture for the Web The code sample ...
[Presentation files] Asynchronous Systems Architecture for the Web
2008-01-07 09:17:00 We had a great turnout yesterday at the Web Developer Community (not user group <grin/>). I passed on the presentation files and code samples to Noam but figured that the rest of my readers might enjoy them as well. The (pdf) presentation is here: Asynchronous Systems Architecture for the Web The code sample ...
Blackmagic Design HD Workflow Tour
2008-01-04 09:56:00 By offering customers scalable, open, and certified solutions to support any popular HD format, Adobe® OpenHD? provides an efficient way for customers to purchase turnkey solutions and gain expert support for the ever-changing world of HD content creation and post-production. Adobe and the Adobe OpenHD partners achieve this by assembling and certifying a line of open, scalable, desktop and portable HDV, HD, SD, and 2K solutions with Adobe Creative Suite® 3 Production Premium software. This range of solutions is based upon industry-standard video, graphics, and Windows® based computers, which allow industry professionals to get the best performance, scalability, and reliability possible. By thoroughly testing and certifying the OpenHD configurations, the Adobe OpenHD program gives customers confidence that the OpenHD system purchased will operate at the optimal performance level for their workflow. They can be assured they're getting a reliable system that provides the performan...
Free Download Sap Sales and Distribution (SD) Workflow Scenarios pdf book
2007-12-30 00:12:00 Sales and Distribution (SD) Workflow Scenarios More: continued here
Free Download Sap Sales and Distribution (SD) Workflow Scenarios pdf book
2007-12-30 00:12:00 Sales and Distribution (SD) Workflow Scenarios More: continued here
CANON DSLR: The Ultimate Photographer's Guide (Digital Workflow) ??????:???
2007-12-23 03:10:00 CANON DSLR: The Ultimate Photographer's Guide (Digital Workflow)??????:???????# Author:Christopher Grey # Format:PDF 60.23MB# Page Count: 320 pages# Publisher: Focal Press (August 27, 2007)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0240520408# ISBN-13: 978-0240520407As a professional photographer with a couple of million frames under his belt, my decision to give up another manufacturer's system for Canon was not one that was undertaken lightly. Well, actually, it was. I tried Canon's D30 some years ago and knew I was holding my future in my hands. I put my name in the hopper for a D60, moved from there to the 1Ds, and have been progressing ever since.I?ve never regretted that decision.In my opinion, Canon made a quantum leap for photography,both mechanically but more importantly, philosophically,producing the best, most intuitive, and easiest to use equipment ever. That said, no digital equipment is "easy." Yes, you can make a nice image (pretty much right out of the box, but also right down...
Workflow Foundation Video resources
2007-12-18 14:43:00 Workflow Foundation is a new workflow engine from Microsoft. Microsoft is embedding Worfklow Foundation in many of its products like Office 2007, Windows Vista and soon Biztalk itself.Here is a nice videos on workflow foundation.Scott Woodgate and team - Announcing Windows Workflow FoundationWindows Workflow Foundation Core ConceptsInterview with Matt Winkler from WF TeamDownloadsWork Flow
By: Tech Space
No more workflow for nServiceBus - please welcome the Saga
2007-12-17 12:42:00 As a part of my efforts to make clearer what place nServiceBus has in the Microsoft .NET ecosystem, I’ve decided to retire the term “workflow”. Almost every conversation about nServiceBus where the term “workflow” was brought up, the reaction was almost identical: “What’s wrong with Workflow Foundation? Why aren’t you using it like you use WCF?” The ...
No more workflow for nServiceBus - please welcome the Saga
2007-12-17 12:42:00 As a part of my efforts to make clearer what place nServiceBus has in the Microsoft .NET ecosystem, I’ve decided to retire the term “workflow”. Almost every conversation about nServiceBus where the term “workflow” was brought up, the reaction was almost identical: “What’s wrong with Workflow Foundation? Why aren’t you using it like you use ...
No more workflow for nServiceBus - please welcome the Saga
2007-12-17 12:42:00 As a part of my efforts to make clearer what place nServiceBus has in the Microsoft .NET ecosystem, I’ve decided to retire the term “workflow”. Almost every conversation about nServiceBus where the term “workflow” was brought up, the reaction was almost identical: “What’s wrong with Workflow Foundation? Why aren’t you using it like you use ...
In-Order Messaging a Myth?
2007-12-09 07:00:00 I got this question the other day from one of my long-time readers Bill about nServiceBus and I thought I’d share: I have a question around processing of messages in proper order. When leveraging multiple threads to process messages in a message queue, it is possible for the second message in the queue to get processed ...
In-Order Messaging a Myth?
2007-12-09 07:00:00 I got this question the other day from one of my long-time readers Bill about nServiceBus and I thought I’d share: I have a question around processing of messages in proper order. When leveraging multiple threads to process messages in a message queue, it is possible for the second message in the queue to get processed ...
In-Order Messaging a Myth?
2007-12-09 07:00:00 I got this question the other day from one of my long-time readers Bill about nServiceBus and I thought I’d share: I have a question around processing of messages in proper order. When leveraging multiple threads to process messages in a message queue, it is possible for the second message in the queue to get processed ...
Total Training CS3 Design: Workflow
2007-12-04 15:13:00 Watch your creativity flourish with Adobe CS3 Design Workflow. With Geoff Blake as your coach, you?ll learn how to build InDesign layouts, edit raster images with Photoshop, manipulate vector objects with Illustrator, build Web layouts with Dreamweaver, and develop rich media content with Flash. Discover amazing new features, fascinating techniques, and find out how to work more efficiently between the Adobe products in Creative Suite 3.lesson 1: INTRODUCING ADOBE BRIDGE (18 min)Quotationhttp://rapidshare.-com/files/54633498/TC3DSWF_P01_-C01_L00.movhttp://rapidshare.co-m/files/54633544/TC3DSWF_P01_C0-1_L01.movhttp://rapidshare.com/-files/54633540/TC3DSWF_P01_C01_-L02.movhttp://rapidshare.com/fi-les/54633532/TC3DSWF_P01_C01_L0-3.movhttp://rapidshare.com/file-s/54633527/TC3DSWF_P01_C01_L04.-movLesson 2: PUBLICATION LAYOUTS IN INDESIGN (83 min)Quotationhttp://rapidshare.-com/files/54633494/TC3DSWF_P01_-C02_L00.movhttp://rapidshare.co-m/files/54633638/TC3DSWF_P01_C0-2_L01.movhttp://rapidshare.com/-fil...
WORKFLOW
2007-12-01 05:41:00 original pictureI took this while my husband was driving ,we were going to Anchorage. I set mycamera to shooting subject in motion.general fixes:lightening shadowdarken shadowmidtonecolor:saturationhu-etemperaturesharpenlayer: glowing edgeslayer: tint s...
Workflow
2007-11-28 15:52:00 Copy LinkBookmark This Link...Save Link As...Mark Visited LinksPropertiesOpen Link New WindowOpen LinkLinkCopy LinkBookmark This Link...Save Link As...Mark Visited LinksPropertiesOpen Link New WindowOpen LinkLinkProblemThe people are too dark. The suns...
Photo Fix (using my workflow techniques)
2007-11-27 20:37:00 First; i' cropped the photo- Image- Adjust/ Curves/ then i selected the lasso tool, and made a selection path around the tea pot. i adjusted the tones, just a few notchs, to make it appear more sharper. using my clone brush, i covered the white s...
Photoshop workflow
2007-11-27 20:17:00 I use the same, basic, simply work-flow each time i edit my photos in photoshop.i open my image; duplicate the image (CTRL D) shortcut. then i go to Image adjust/ Curves, set to the right color balance, make sure my shadow/highlights are the way i woul... |
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