SharePoint 2010: Create a Custom Worflow Activity with Visual Studio Part 2

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Create a Custom Worflow Activity with Visual Studio Part 1

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Step	Description
1	In visual studio 2010, add a new project to your solution.
2	Choose Empty SharePoint 2010 Project
3	Configure the SharePoint Server
4a	Add a SharePoint Mapped Folder to your solution
4b	Browse to TEMPLATE/Workflow
5a	Add a new item to the mapped folder
5b	Select XML file and name it tztools.ACTIONS
5c	Add information based on your activity <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <WorkflowInfo> <Actions Sequential="then" Parallel="and"> <Action Name="RegEx evaluation" ClassName="tztools.tzRegEx" Assembly="tztools, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=887d18a96eeddf51" AppliesTo="List" Category="TzTools"> <RuleDesigner Sentence="Parse %1 using %2 and set result in %3"> <FieldBind Field="xListItemField" Text="field" Id="1" DesignerType="WritableFieldNames" /> <FieldBind Field="xRegEx" Text="Regular Expression" Id="2" DesignerType="" /> <FieldBind Field="xResult" Text="Parsing Result" Id="3" DesignerType="ParameterNames" /> </RuleDesigner> <Parameters> <Parameter Name="__Context" Type="Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowActions.WorkflowContext, Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowActions" Direction="In" DesignerType="Hide" /> <Parameter Name="__ListId" Type="System.String, mscorlib" Direction="In" DesignerType="Hide" /> <Parameter Name="__ListItem" Type="System.Int32, mscorlib" Direction="In" DesignerType="Hide" /> <Parameter Name="xListItemField" Type="System.String, mscorlib" Direction="In" DesignerType="WritableFieldNames" Description="Field to get the value of" /> <Parameter Name="xResult" Type="System.String, mscorlib" Direction="Out" /> <Parameter Name="xRegEx" Type="System.String, mscorlib" Direction="In" /> </Parameters> </Action> </Actions> </WorkflowInfo>
6a	Add en event receiver to your feature
6b	Add the following code : (in the using section using Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration; and in the code part public override void FeatureActivated(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties) { SPWebApplication webapp = (SPWebApplication)properties.Feature.Parent; SPWebConfigModification modAuthorizedType = new SPWebConfigModification(); modAuthorizedType.Name = "AuthType"; modAuthorizedType.Owner = "tztools"; modAuthorizedType.Path = "configuration/System.Workflow.ComponentModel.WorkflowCompiler/authorizedTypes"; modAuthorizedType.Type = SPWebConfigModification.SPWebConfigModificationType.EnsureChildNode; modAuthorizedType.Value = ""; webapp.WebConfigModifications.Add(modAuthorizedType); webapp.WebService.ApplyWebConfigModifications(); }
7a	Now we want to add the tztools to our package. Dubble click on package.package
7b	Click on Advanced
7c	From the new form,select Add -> Add Assembly from project output
7d	Add the output dll from the tztools project
8	Build and deploy, your activity is now available in SharePoint Designer