Windows Workflow Foundation 4 and ASP.NET MVC

Question

We are evaluating Windows Workflow Foundation 4 to use in MVC 3 based Web Applications. We would like to create flexible order workflows for different projects.
Does anybody know good information about the general architecture or hands-on-labs for this kind of application?
Some concrete questions would be:

• how can you activate a specific controller/action from the workflow?
• what is the best way to communicate between the workflow and the web application (events, wcf services, ...)?

Answer 1

Sadly, the videos for this seem to be down but the docs seem to try to show you a way!

Sourced from an old post/response from 2009. An alternative is found on CodeProject.com, which is also quoted on this one with a longer list of resources.

Answer 2

Another example with video is at below link. (Note: The code attached in the link might not be executable, but it will give some concepts when you study the code and watch the video)

https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Workflow-TV/endpointtv-WF4-in-the-Real-World-Microsoft-Support-ASPNET-MVC-Wizard-Framework

This link is showing how we can preserve the data between requests using tempdata. Since it is a large explanation, I am not repeating the same again here.

Answer 3

This is a nice article on how to start working with WF4 in your ASP.NET MVC app.

Integrating a persisted WF4.0 workflow with mvc