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Chapter 1: Workfl ow Programming Principles
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Press F5 to build the project. Visual Studio will automatically take the following steps:
1. It compiles all .cs files into a single strong - named assembly.
2. It deploys this assembly to the global assembly cache.
3. It creates a feature - specific subfolder named Chapter1 in the following folder in the file system
of the front - end Web server:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\12\
TEMPLATE\FEATURES
4. It deploys the feature.xml feature file and the workflow.xml element manifest file into the
Chapter1 feature - specific folder.
5. It uses the STSADM command - line utility to install the feature.
6. It uses the STSADM command - line utility to activate the feature in the site that you specified
earlier (refer to Figure 1 - 3 ).
7. It creates a workflow association for the workflow with the history and task lists that you
specified in the middle and bottom drop - down list boxes in Figure 1 - 4 .
8. It adds this workflow association to the list that you specified in the top drop - down list box in
Figure 1 - 4 .
9. It navigates to the page displaying the list you specified in the top drop - down list box in
Figure 1 - 4 . This page is shown in Figure 1 - 8 .
Figure 1-8
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