Glenn Block

Another ALT.NET guy at Microsoft

PageFlow reborn

Many of you noticed that WCSF 2.0 did not ship with PageFlow. Early during the development of WCSF 2.0, we decided to break out the PageFlow application block and recipes into a separately downloadable package. There were several reasons foremost of which was that we wanted to make it easier to use Pageflow on it's own without having to install WCSF. A secondary reason was that we had requests from the community around extending their wanting to extend PageFlow.

Unfortunately, due to resource constraints, we were not able to complete the breakout of PageFlow before we shipped. However, as I mentioned, we have been completing this work out-of-band. We're now nearing completion of the source and will be uploading it shortly. The docs will still need more work and we'll be shipping them some time after the source ships.

What's in the new PageFlow?

New stand alone PageFlow guidance package that works on Visual Studio 2008! Does not require WCSF.
New XmlPageFlowProvider that does not depend on Windows Workflow Foundation
Migrated PageFlowWithShoppingCart Quickstarts to Visual Studio 2008
Updated Dependencies to GAT/GAX 1.4

Coming soon to WCSF Contrib!

Published Apr 22 2008, 12:39 AM by Glenn Block

Filed under: PageFlow, patterns and practices, wcsf, WCSFContrib

Comments

Neil Mosafi said:

Sounds interesting, but you haven't actually mentioned what PageFlow is in the first place (for those of us not familiar with it!)

I will google... :-)

# April 22, 2008 4:31 AM

Glenn Block said:

@Neil

Try here.

www.codeplex.com/.../View.aspx

# April 22, 2008 5:09 AM

Brandon said:

Hi Glenn,

The WCSF page you linked to above indicates that the PageFlow framework is capable of composition (Page Flow Composition, under Scenarios and Requirements). Are there any examples or documentation about how such composition is supposed to work? I was wondering if you might be able to point me in the right direction!

TIA!

# May 6, 2008 11:12 AM

ermitonio said:

Hi Glenn, Is PageFlow possible in WPF?

# July 1, 2008 9:47 PM

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About Glenn Block

Glenn is a PM for the new Managed Extensibility Framework in .NET 4.0. Prior to Microsoft, he worked for 10 years in various startups and ISVs wearing many different hats all related to developing software. Glenn has been writing code practically since the time he learned how to ride a bicycle. When he's not writing code, he's continuously improving on ways to build better software. Glenn is a geek at heart and spends a good portion of the rest of this time spreading that geekdom through conferences, and the community through groups such as ALT.NET. When he's not working and playing with technology, he spends his time with his wife and four year old daughter either at their Seattle apartment or at one of the local coffee shops.