Microsoft Connect: Most Recent Feedback - Windows Workflow Foundation technology feedback

Test 101

pandrew1

Hello test

Status: Active, 1 Up-Vote, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 0 comments, feedback id: 81002

rules Transformation

Bernhard Pichler

when you define a ruleset you bind properties to the workflow class like if this.oOrder.totalsum > 100 then this.oOrder.discount=10 I would be great to be able to reuse that rulesetdefinition outside of workflow by converting it to a type like order. So the statement will be if me.totalsum > 100 then me.discount=10

Status: Closed, Resolution: Postponed, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 131817

WinFX SDK Should Allow Destination Folder(s) to be Selected

richard_cox

The WinFX/.NET3 platform sdk installer installs into fixed locations. The user must be able to override these, for instance if space on the system drive is tight.

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 135700

Documentation Typo: "Parallel Activity: Eexecutes two or more..."

richard_cox

Typo (see title) on http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/WF_GettingStarted/html/192c4c1e-afb6-4f58-ab11-2b5bbbc2d2c0.asp?frame=true

Status: Closed, Resolution: Postponed, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 136692

Opening Workflow in the Designer Always Causes a Checkout Request

richard_cox

[Using TFS as source control.] When a workflow is opened in the designer you are prompted to check out, even if you have no intent on making any modifications.

Status: Closed, Resolution: Fixed, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 0 comments, feedback id: 145514

Consumer

Bohunk

Add padlock to secure sites.

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 1 Up-Vote, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 145822

System Restarts

ravid_souza

When I start the Media Player and try to play anything the full system restarts. Same when i Start Media Center

Status: Closed, Resolution: Won't Fix, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 145857

WF should support .NET CF

Markus Berthold

The .NET Compact Framework should be supported by the Windows Workflow Foundation. So the business processes can span from server to pda's..

Status: Closed, Resolution: Postponed, 3 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 4 comments, feedback id: 146647

mail Button missing in the Tool bar

mprnair

Dear Microsoft Beta Team, While gratefully appreciating the Beta IE 7, I feel much worried because you have omitted to include the Mail Button in the Tool bar. When I pulled out the 'Customize Command bar', I noticed that there is no provision to add Mail Button to the Command bar. It is a blessing in IE 6 to go to Mail ( Default ) using that Button. Kindly consider to get it back in IE 7 too and oblige. mprnair. nairradhakrishnan@hotmail.com

Status: Closed, Resolution: Won't Fix, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 2 comments, feedback id: 146700

WorkList

mum-ha

I suggest a WorkList (TaskList) like definition of WfMC. The worklist handler is a software component which manages the interaction between workflow participants and the workflow enactment service. It is responsible for progressing work requiring user attention and interacts with the workflow enactment software via the worklist.

Status: Closed, Resolution: Postponed, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 149394

SharePoint Sequential Workflow

jmurray_mi

I believe I have identified a bug and a workaround. The rules editor in the VS 2005 will not work (closes without error) in the following scenario: 1) Create New SharePoint Sequential Activity Project 2) Add a Conditioned Activity Group to your workflow 3) Confirm you can set a rule until, remove rule. 4) Add a class file schema definition from an infopath form (xsd generated using xsd generator) to the project 5) Recompile 6) Again try to add rule, Fails. The work around is to exc...

Status: Closed, Resolution: Not Reproducible, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 151274

Download Manager

vegterb

Als bij het downloaden de internetverbinding een seconde weg valt dan stop de download en moet deze opnieuw opgezocht worden en gedownload worden. Een download manager zou een uitkomst zijn. Grote bestanden duren namelijk erg lang om te downloaden.

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 151291

links open brand new windows when there are tabs!?!?

Ekopalm

Basically if I click a link it should open only a new tab instead of a brand new window. Also because vista is not easy on the computer it would seem more effective that simple left click on a link should not reopen IE7 as opposed to using the same window just a different tab. There are other browsers that have this convienence and if IE7 could do this then I would more than likely not use that other browser as IE7 will ultimately have just a little better security everytime. Also when it min...

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 2 comments, feedback id: 152394

links open brand new windows when there are tabs!?!?

Ekopalm

Copying Files and Folders

DiverDown

One thing that has always bothered me about Windows is that if you are trying to copy a large set of files or folders and for some reason it cannot copy one of the files (rights issue, file is in use, problem with hard disk, etc.) Windows will come up with an error right away. This makes it difficult to determine what files have been copied, and if your trying to copy lots of data this can be frustrating because you have to keep repeating your copy over and over again, or keep excluding specific...

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 152521

OffsetParent not updated on dynamic changes in style border-offset

trosen

Offset-values not updated for affected elements when changing style border-width

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 2 comments, feedback id: 155480

Student

NWIN

While attempting to contact a ftp site using IE 7 i received the following error msg: "IE cannot display the webpage" The ftp site was ftp://www.servpronet.com/

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 2 comments, feedback id: 156038

security matters

invincible_abhi

this technology have advantage but it lacks somewhere in terms of security

Status: Closed, Resolution: By Design, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 156972

Easier way to retrieve information from Workflow Instance

Andy Ho1

Right now to get the properties within a workflow instance is rather difficult or too complex. Can we have some easier way like: WorkflowInstance.Value("ValueToGet")

Status: Closed, Resolution: Postponed, 0 Up-Votes, 1 Down-Vote, 1 workaround, 1 comment, feedback id: 157314

Tabs on IE 7-3

`wagtom

I have noticed that when I go off line and shut down windows that I am unable to save the tabs I have selected on my screen. I can save the tabs as long as I don't shut down. I also have to remove my home page tab or it will come up twice when I sign on again. I love the new setup but a few changes to correct my problems with them would be nice. Also if you could fix it were it wouldn't ask each time if I want to save the tabs. maybe put a box I could check so I wouldn't have to select that ea...

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 3 comments, feedback id: 157677

Having to refresh

michaelrg20022@hotmail.com

Seems like since I have installed IE 7 beta 3, that I have to do alot of refreshing to get the pages that I am viewing to load properly. I don't know if it is the sites i'm viewing or IE. But it did seem to start ever since I installed this software. Other than that....I like and am having no other problems that I am aware of.

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 2 comments, feedback id: 158265

Microsoft Money 2006 Register Disappearing

FrankCheeney

When I bring up Microsoft Mney 2006 to enter transactions in the register, the register keeps disappearing. This makes entering transactions difficult to impossible.

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 1 workaround, 2 comments, feedback id: 158634

Pages not recognizing IE 7.3

Janissaries

Some sites recognize IE 7.3 as being an older unsupported version of IE and asks me to search for updates. I've used the Q and A and ran the update that is supposed to update my registry so the sites will recognize 7.3 as a 6.0 version and was notified that the adjustment to the registry was successful but the sites still do not recognize my IE 7.3 as an acceptible version. One of the sites that is causing me trouble is Wellsfargo.com.

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 1 Up-Vote, 0 Down-Votes, 1 validation, 1 workaround, 2 comments, feedback id: 159219

More flexible workflow

NoopMan

When using WWF I find that the two alternate flows - state machine and sequential do not cover all cases where WWF would be very powerful and useful! We need something in between - a flow where you can step around between all the steps, back, forward, skip to this step, skip to that, and so on, at will. For this kind of application a sequential flow is not adequate since the power of directing the work is in the flow not with the user. Also the sate machine is inadequate since the programmer mus...

Status: Closed, Resolution: Postponed, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 159301

Barre d'outils de internet explorer 7

Spider men

j'ai configure la barre d'outils d'internet explorer 7 telque d'avoir seulement tools et home au demarrage d'IE7 j'ai tout les elements de la barre d'outils Menu bar et touts les elements de la barre d;outils de droite mais apres l'ouverture d'un site tout reviens en ordre .

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 160258

CallExternalMethodActivity and bool return values

ScottAllen

When a CallExternalMethod activity points to a method with a bool return value, the Properties window doesn't allow me to bind the return value through the usual UI. Instead, I get a drop down list with the values true and false.

Status: Closed, Resolution: By Design, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 162063

No Problem

Plusflight

No Problem

Status: Closed, Resolution: Won't Fix, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 162439

"Sofware restriction policy" can be violated in windows XP sp2 very easy.

Pulathan

When a grup policy is applied for software restriction policy in "User configuration -- > Windows settings --> Security settings --> software restriction policies" node, it works and normally blocks the programs those prevented from run. Lets look at the case ; In a domain in sales OU, create a user named as test, Then apply software security policy to this OU for Messenger (or any other program) in "User configuration -- > Windows settings --> Security settings --> software restriction p...

Status: Closed, Resolution: Not Reproducible, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 163016

IE 7.x shutdown

lopakabob

when I shutdown IE 7.x I receive the following error the instruction at "0x02fc3795" referenced memory at "0x0294ad58". The memory could not be "read".

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 163062

IE 7.x shutdown

lopakabob

When I shutdown IE 7.x I receive the following error the instruction at "0x02fc3795" referenced memory at "0x0294ad58". The memory could not be "read".

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 163064

IE 7.x shutdown

lopakabob

ie 7.x shutdown

lopakabob

Resizable activity to display Activity Full Name in the WF Designer

Karimradi

- Add an option to allow resizing WF activities in the WF Designer. This way the Workflow design could be leveraged for documentation instead of re-drawing all in a tool such as Visio. - Add the ability to allow using Visio as WF designer. So that upfront analysis and design drawings could be leveraged to kick-start workflow implementation. Motivation: I would like to take a print screen of my WF Design to document my work but when the activity name is long then the WF Designer cuts the en...

Status: Closed, Resolution: Postponed, 1 Up-Vote, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 165314

User profiles destroy administrative ease

shuette

When the administrative user in XP creates another user for the first time, it must be another administrator. After using the administrator account as default on my home computer for two years, most of my life was on this account. After creating a new user, the administrator was hidden from me. By unchecking "Use Welcome Screen" and "Use Fast User Switching" I was able to have the old fashioned log in, allowing me to type in administrator and password. From now on I have to do this though, w...

Status: Closed, Resolution: Not Reproducible, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 165729

Rules Editor and Intellisense

wjvii

It would be great if the intellisense like features of the Rules editor would also show the comments/description of the properties similar to the way it works in the Visual Studio IDE. If not the standard comments then maybe allow the developer to set a description to be used specifically be the rules editor dialog. This would be a great way to provide the users with more feedback when creating rules.

Status: Closed, Resolution: Postponed, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 170725

State machine 'top level' events not being handled

HowardRichards

'Top level' event activities (in bar at top of state machines) do not correctly handle external events.

Status: Closed, Resolution: By Design, 1 Up-Vote, 0 Down-Votes, 1 validation, 0 workarounds, 2 comments, feedback id: 171215

Turn public StateDesigner class

mum-ha

I think that it's will turn more easy to change the design of StateActivity. The FreeformActivityDesigner class it's cool but StateActivity already have the StateMachine features.

Status: Closed, Resolution: Postponed, 7 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 4 comments, feedback id: 172667

WWF Business rules - improved examples needed.

DeltaWarp

I'm using WWF for business rules behind a web service, and will eventually be breaking the WWF runtime out of the web service and into a windows service running on another machine. Can you provide guidance or better examples on how to achieve this, include the ability to abstract the business rules out to xml or sql persistence, and the provision of a web ui to maintain the rules against the service at runtime. It seems that business rules in WWF are not fully represented as a viable use to wwf...

Status: Closed, Resolution: Fixed, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 2 comments, feedback id: 173094

adminastrator

Rannor

Internet explorer 7 beta hangs when you click on a URL in an e-mail.

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 2 comments, feedback id: 174174

Vista Beta 2 shut down problems

TheComputerMan

When I try to shut down through Windows Vista, a blue screen appears saying the problem is from "WORKING-THREAD-RETURNED-AT-BAD-IRQL" Can anyone help me fix this ONE problem?

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 174576

Install .NET 3.0 on Longhorn

KevinBurton

I am unable to find where .NET 3.0 can be installed on Longhorn.

Status: Closed, Resolution: By Design, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 175169

Problem with Autocomplete in Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3

to_geru

The autocomplete function does not work in the current beta version of Internet Explorer 7. Multiple attempts were made to clear previously stored items and then re-create the information - such as passwords, data entry completion etc - the response is nothing - no completion occurs at all.

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 2 comments, feedback id: 175772

Solution center

douknowfred

My, solution center stopped working, cant access the internet- ie the old doctor watson. Yet I can access the internet as you can tell. I have ie7 version 2 along with msn explorer version 7. Last time it worked was july 19th.

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 175776

Timeout Action for State

chris.oc

When a STATE MACHINE workflow is underway, it would be very handy to have a "timeout" attribute - and a corresponding action to perform. The sequential workflow model has a "listener" that would be good to have something similar within the State Machine model.

Status: Closed, Resolution: By Design, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 176042

Bug nella esecuzione di javascript nel refresh

c.manila

Bug nella esecuzione di javascript nel refresh, cioè non esegue il codice javascript dopo aver effettuato il refresh della pagina.

Status: Closed, Resolution: External, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 178504

Same global "Fault Handlers View" in State Machine workflows as in Sequential workflows

Bastiaan Molsbeck

It would be great if a State Machine workflow recieves the same 3 icons in the lower left corner of the Visual Studio Workflow Designer. With those it's possible to define a global "Fault Handler View", which handles all exceptions for the whole State Machine workflow. Currently, that's not possible to achieve. As a possible solution, I tried to add an EventDrivenActivity to my root-state (the whole state machine). On that EventDrivenActivity I right-clicked and chose "View Fault Handler". In...

Status: Closed, Resolution: Postponed, 6 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 179410

DeBug Message Reminder

drut

A tan-colored message repeatedly pops up asking if I want to send an error report to Microsoft. Regardless of whether I click on send report, don't send report or cancel, the request continues to pop up.

Status: Closed, Resolution: Not Reproducible, 0 Up-Votes, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 179624

Custom RuleExpression cannot access ActivityExecutionContext when executing in a declared rule condition

reishapira

I've written a custom RuleExpression class that I use in a couple of rules in my workflow. This RuleExpression uses a custom WorkflowRuntimeService class to access some data. To access this custom service, I use the RuleExecution object that is passed to me when the "Evaluate" method is called on my RuleExpression. When executing a rule that's in a ruleset referenced by a Policy activity, the RuleExecution object contains a valid reference to an ActivityExecutionContext object, which I use ...

Status: Closed, Resolution: Postponed, 1 Up-Vote, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 1 comment, feedback id: 180614

WorkflowMenuCommands.Undo not working

jus

Hi! I'm rehosting the WorkflowDesigner in my application (using July CTP). It seems that the WorkFlowMenuCommans.Undo and WorkFlowMenuCommand.Redo menu commands do not work. Also they seem to be missing in the documentation. Here is my code: this.designerControl.InvokeStandardCommand(WorkflowMenuCommands.Undo);

Status: Closed, Resolution: By Design, 1 Up-Vote, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 2 comments, feedback id: 181833

Workflow error

Noppus

When I design a workflow in Sharepoint Designer, it seems not possible that users that are not site owner can start this workflow. When the workflow starts the status reports: there is an error occured. Question: is it by design a workflow can only be started as a site owner or is this a bug in the Beta?

Status: Closed, Resolution: Fixed, 1 Up-Vote, 0 Down-Votes, 0 validations, 0 workarounds, 2 comments, feedback id: 182133