ActivityManager.Publish Method

Publshes a new workflow activity to the current scope or updates an existing workflow activity.

Namespace:   Microsoft.Workflow.Client
Assembly:  Microsoft.Workflow.Client (in Microsoft.Workflow.Client.dll)

Overload List

	Name	Description
	Publish(ActivityDescription)	Publshes a new workflow activity to the current scope or updates an existing workflow activity.
	Publish(ActivityDescription, Boolean, Boolean)	Publshes a new workflow activity to the current scope or updates an existing workflow activity and optionally terminates affected workflow instances and overwrites X:classname attribute in xaml.
	Publish(IEnumerable<ActivityDescription>)	Publshes or updates a collection of workflow activities.
	Publish(IEnumerable<ActivityDescription>, Boolean)	Publshes or updates a collection of workflow activities and optionally terminates affected workflow instances.

See Also

ActivityManager Class
Microsoft.Workflow.Client Namespace

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ActivityManager.Publish Method (ActivityDescription)

Publshes a new workflow activity to the current scope or updates an existing workflow activity.

Syntax

public Uri Publish(
    ActivityDescription description
)

public:
Uri^ Publish(
    ActivityDescription^ description
)

member Publish : 
        description:ActivityDescription -> Uri

Public Function Publish (
    description As ActivityDescription
) As Uri

Parameters

• description
  Type: Microsoft.Workflow.Client.ActivityDescription

  The description of the activity being published or updated

Return Value

Type: System.Uri

The Uri of the published / updated activity.

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ActivityManager.Publish Method (ActivityDescription, Boolean, Boolean)

Publshes a new workflow activity to the current scope or updates an existing workflow activity and optionally terminates affected workflow instances and overwrites X:classname attribute in xaml.

Syntax

public Uri Publish(
    ActivityDescription description,
    bool overwriteXClassName,
    bool terminateDependentInstances
)

public:
Uri^ Publish(
    ActivityDescription^ description,
    bool overwriteXClassName,
    bool terminateDependentInstances
)

member Publish : 
        description:ActivityDescription *
        overwriteXClassName:bool *
        terminateDependentInstances:bool -> Uri

Public Function Publish (
    description As ActivityDescription,
    overwriteXClassName As Boolean,
    terminateDependentInstances As Boolean
) As Uri

Parameters

• description
  Type: Microsoft.Workflow.Client.ActivityDescription

  The description of the activity being published or updated

• overwriteXClassName
  Type: System.Boolean

  True if x:ClassName attribute in xaml should be overwritten by the Name property specified in ActivityDescription. False if otherwise.

• terminateDependentInstances
  Type: System.Boolean

  True if all existing instances of any workflow that uses the activity being updated should be terminated; false if existing instances of the affected workflows should continue execution.

Return Value

Type: System.Uri

The Uri of the published / updated activity.

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ActivityManager.Publish Method (IEnumerable<ActivityDescription>)

Publshes or updates a collection of workflow activities.

Syntax

public Collection<Uri> Publish(
    IEnumerable<ActivityDescription> descriptions
)

public:
Collection<Uri^>^ Publish(
    IEnumerable<ActivityDescription^>^ descriptions
)

member Publish : 
        descriptions:IEnumerable<ActivityDescription> -> Collection<Uri>

Public Function Publish (
    descriptions As IEnumerable(Of ActivityDescription)
) As Collection(Of Uri)

Parameters

• descriptions
  Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<ActivityDescription>

  The collection of descriptions of the activities being published or updated

Return Value

Type: System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection<Uri>

The collection of Uris of the published / updated activities.

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ActivityManager.Publish Method (IEnumerable<ActivityDescription>, Boolean)

Publshes or updates a collection of workflow activities and optionally terminates affected workflow instances.

Syntax

public Collection<Uri> Publish(
    IEnumerable<ActivityDescription> descriptions,
    bool terminateDependentInstances
)

public:
Collection<Uri^>^ Publish(
    IEnumerable<ActivityDescription^>^ descriptions,
    bool terminateDependentInstances
)

member Publish : 
        descriptions:IEnumerable<ActivityDescription> *
        terminateDependentInstances:bool -> Collection<Uri>

Public Function Publish (
    descriptions As IEnumerable(Of ActivityDescription),
    terminateDependentInstances As Boolean
) As Collection(Of Uri)

Parameters

• descriptions
  Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<ActivityDescription>

  The collection of descriptions of the activities being published or updated

• terminateDependentInstances
  Type: System.Boolean

  True if all existing instances of any workflow that used an activity being updated should be terminated; False if existing instances of the affected workflows should continue execution.

Return Value

Type: System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection<Uri>

The collection of Uris of the published / updated activities.

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