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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2011
Gonzalo Ruiz, Montreal, CA;
Nirav Shah, Bothell, WA (US);
Steven Kaplan, Hyderabad, IN;
Mesganaw Anteneh, Lynwood, WA (US);
Gonzalo Ruiz, Montreal, CA;
Nirav Shah, Bothell, WA (US);
Steven Kaplan, Hyderabad, IN;
Mesganaw Anteneh, Lynwood, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A placeholder activity is employed in a workflow or process definition, which may be loaded in a workflow design application even if the type of activity referred by the placeholder activity cannot be loaded. The 'reference activity' enables a workflow or a process to bind to an actual activity type at runtime such that the workflow or process can dynamically use a latest version of the activity without a need to modify the workflow/process definition.