workflowInstance.InstanceId

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Hi, I started playing with Hands-on labs provided on MSDN, reached lab03
(Hosting the Windows Workflow - Part 2 - Using the default SQL Services) in
which we have code that needs the InstanceId as follows :
GetInstanceTrac kingEvents(work flowInstance.In stanceId)

I understood, once we build and run we shoud get 5 messages logged in the
console for the events (Created, started, suspended...... ....) which is not
the case.

I started to investigate and debug and noticed that InstanceId is "Empty"
and the loop to display the events is not entered .

So how come there is no instanceId which should be created as I understood
from documentation.
Thanks

[Jialiang Ge [MSFT]]

RE: workflowInstanc e.InstanceId

Hello Salam,

As is requested, my test project has been sent to your mailbox.

In the meantime, I have almost reproduced the problem according to your
environment. The workflow console application only outputs "the workflow
completed event" when I press Ctrl+F5 to run the app.

====output====
Here in working_Execute Code.

Instance Tracking Events :
Workflow Completed - press ENTER to continue
====output====

I also find that, if I press F5 to debug the app, the output is normal.

Salam, is this what you see on your side?

My detailed repro steps:

1. Setup the TrackingStore database with CreateDatabaseO bjects.cmd on a
REMOTE computer that has default SQL Server 2005 instance.
2. Build a workflow console application in Vista by following the steps in
the lab document, and update the connectionstrin g accordingly (I have tried
both VS2005+WWF extension and VS2008).
3. Press Ctrl+F5 to run the application, and I get the above output.
(note: If you press F5 to debug the app, the problem cannot be reproduced)

Please also note that this problem can always be reproduced in Vista, and
sometimes (randomly) can be reproduced In Win2003 and Windows XP.

I'm doing more researches to find out the reason for the loss of the
events. Salam, please let me know if my output of the reproduction is not
like yours.

Regards,
Jialiang Ge (jialge@online. microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
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