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A dynamic Rehosted Workflow Designer for WF 4

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29 Jul 2012CPOL10 min read 111.6K   11.8K   78  
This article presents a framework allowing you to integrate the workflow designer more easily in your own applications
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using RehostedDesigner.Designer.ViewModels.Contracts;
using RehostedDesigner.ToolboxModule.Contracts;
using Selen.WorkflowDesigner.Storage.Contracts;
using Selen.WorkflowDesigner.Contracts;
using System.Diagnostics;
using RehostedDesigner.LoadErrorHandling;

namespace Selen.WorkflowTypeManagementModule.ViewModels
{
    public class LoadWorkflow
    {
        private ReloadToolbox reloadToolbox;
        private IMainViewModel mainViewModel;
        private WorkflowStorageData storageData;
        private IDesignerViewModel designerViewModel;

        public LoadWorkflow(IMainViewModel mainViewModel, WorkflowStorageData storageData, IDesignerViewModel designerViewModel, ReloadToolbox reloadToolbox)
        {
            this.reloadToolbox = reloadToolbox;
            this.mainViewModel = mainViewModel;
            this.storageData = storageData;
            this.designerViewModel = designerViewModel;
        }

        public void Load(IWorkflowType type, object key)
        {
            new Task(() =>
            {
                this.mainViewModel.PostStatus("Loading ...");
                this.mainViewModel.BeginProgress();

                if (!this.reloadToolbox.LoadToolbox(type))
                {
                    this.mainViewModel.PostStatus("Load Toolbox failed");
                }
                else if (!this.LoadDesignerModel(type, key))
                {
                    this.mainViewModel.PostStatus("Load failed");
                }
                else
                {
                    this.mainViewModel.PostStatus("Load succeded");
                }

                this.mainViewModel.EndProgress();
            }).Start();
        }

        private bool LoadErrorDesinerModel(LoadWorkflowException loadEx)
        {
            if (!(this.designerViewModel is ILoadErrorDesignerViewModel))
            {
                this.mainViewModel.On_DisplayErrors(new DesignerErrorDefinition[] { new DesignerErrorDefinition() { ErrorMessage = "Invalid xaml" } });
                return false;
            }

            try
            {
                ((ILoadErrorDesignerViewModel)this.designerViewModel).ReloadError(loadEx.XAMLDefinition);
                this.storageData.DesignerModel = loadEx.DesignerModel;

                return true;
            }
            catch (ApplicationException apEx)
            {
                this.mainViewModel.On_DisplayErrors(new DesignerErrorDefinition[] { new DesignerErrorDefinition() { ErrorMessage = "Load invalid xaml error: " + apEx.Message } });
                Trace.TraceError(apEx.Message);

                return false;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                this.mainViewModel.On_DisplayErrors(new DesignerErrorDefinition[] { new DesignerErrorDefinition() { ErrorMessage = "Load invalid xaml error: internal error" } });
                Trace.TraceError(ex.Message);

                return false;
            }
        }

        private bool LoadDesignerModel(IWorkflowType type, object key)
        {
            try
            {
                this.storageData.WorkflowType = type;
                this.storageData.DesignerModel = type.StorageAdapter.GetDesignerModel(key);

                if (this.storageData.DesignerModel != null)
                {
                    this.designerViewModel.ReloadDesigner(this.storageData.DesignerModel.RootActivity);
                    return true;
                }
                else
                {
                    this.mainViewModel.On_DisplayErrors(new DesignerErrorDefinition[] { new DesignerErrorDefinition() { ErrorMessage = "Load error: Nothing to load" } });
                    return false;
                }
            }
            catch (LoadWorkflowException loadEx)
            {
                return this.LoadErrorDesinerModel(loadEx);
            }
            catch (ApplicationException apEx)
            {
                this.mainViewModel.On_DisplayErrors(new DesignerErrorDefinition[] { new DesignerErrorDefinition() { ErrorMessage = "Load error: " + apEx.Message } });
                Trace.TraceError(apEx.ToString());

                return false;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                this.mainViewModel.On_DisplayErrors(new DesignerErrorDefinition[] { new DesignerErrorDefinition() { ErrorMessage = "Load error: internal error" } });
                Trace.TraceError(ex.ToString());

                return false;
            }
        }
    }
}

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