The Workflow 4.0 Custom Activity Icon (and Toolbox Icon) FAQ

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[Update: This FAQ is outdated and has be rewritten and reposted here:

https://blogs.msdn.com/b/tilovell/archive/2011/08/12/wf4-toolbox-updating-the-wf4-toolbox-icon-faq-for-rehosting-and-custom-activities.aspx
I'm leaving the original comments here.]

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  • Anonymous
    March 16, 2010
    For WPF code to use bitmap files as icons on the designer there is also this post from Kushal: http://blogs.msdn.com/kushals/archive/2010/03/11/icons-for-the-designer.aspx Tim

  • Anonymous
    March 23, 2010
    ‘Is there a way to override the default activity icon at a global level?’ Another way to do this is demonstrated by Kushal in his post on adding "adornments" to a designer: http://blogs.msdn.com/kushals/archive/2010/01/04/base-designer-with-additional-adornments.aspx Not particularly straightforward, but it works...

  • Anonymous
    March 23, 2010
    @Notre Hm, 'No' was far wide of the mark indeed! That's probably a better way overall, as you can then easily start to modify more than just the icon. Thanks for correcting me! Tim

  • Anonymous
    June 27, 2010
    I need to create a subcategory within a Toolbox category (ToolboxCategory) in WF4 i.e. I have main category as "Basic Activities" now within that I need to have 2 sub categories as "Useful", "Very Useful". Basic Activities -> Useful                       -> Very Useful Any help would be appreciated.

  • Anonymous
    June 28, 2010
    I'm pretty sure that the shipped Toolbox control doesn't support subcategories. Tim

  • Anonymous
    August 12, 2010
    Hi, I have created couple of variables & used them in a workflow. Now suppose user changed the name of a variable then that has to be updated dynamically at all used places in that workflow. Any suggestions to achieve this...

  • Anonymous
    October 09, 2010

  • Ritesh, re: your question about subcategories.  We also had a need to splitting up activities in "subcategories" and found it was not possible.  What we did do was change the left hand panel in the rehosted designer to a TabControl and added tabs with additional toolboxes.  We use the tab as the "main category" and the category feature as the "subcategory".  Does this help you?