Windows Workflow Foundation (WF or WinWF)
Windows Workflow Foundation (WF or WinWF) is Microsoft's
programming model for building workflow-enabled
applications in the Windows
operating
system. It includes a namespace, a
workflow engine and design tools that can be used with Visual
Studio .NET. Windows Workflow Foundation covers both system and human workflows and it can be
used with both client
and server versions
of Windows.
Windows Workflow Foundation is one of the four main products inMicrosoft's.NET Framework 3.0,
previously known as WinFX. The other three are the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF),
the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF),
and the Windows CardSpace. The .NET 3.0 suite is due to be released around the same time as Windows
Vista, Microsoft's upcoming update to its Windows
operating
system. .Net 3.0 can also be used with Windows
XP and the Windows 2003 Server.
This was last updated in August 2006
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