How to debug a custom activity?

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October 09, 2019 11:54

Hi,

 

I have a custom activity (.Net/C#) which takes as input a featureset from and returns a number.

 

The activity is called from within a workflow which runs in a Silverlight viewer.

 

 

I would like to debug this custom activity but getting now clues as to how that can be done.

 

 

Any ideas?

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  Berend Veldkamp

  October 10, 2019 09:18

  The easiest way is to use Visual Studio and the Workflow Designer:

  • On the Project Settings dialog, select the Debug tab
  • Check the 'Start External Program' radio button, and browse to the WF Designer executable.
  • When you start debugging (F5), the WF designer will open
  • In WF designer, build a small test workflow that generates input data for your custom activity, and obviously, include that custom activity too.
  • Set a breakpoint in Visual Studio and run the workflow using the simulator in the WF Designer (F5)
  • You can save some time by storing the test workflow somewhere, and put the path in the Command Line Arguments box in the project's Debug settings.

   

  Note: Don't copy the dll to the Workflow Designer's folder when debugging, just leave it in bin\Debug.

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