问题
I've been doing a lot of editing in MS Dynamics CRM 4.0 using the web designer. I'm wondering if there is a more efficient way to edit workflows and wondering if VS 2008 could be used (and if it is more efficient). If so how?
Thanks!
回答1:
It is possible to create workflows in VS 2008, but it's impossible to edit workflows created by CRM. Those workflows are named No-Code Workflows, they are not supported in any ways by Microsoft and they are hard to build, deploy, and maintain.
Take a look at http://blogs.msdn.com/jonasd/archive/2008/01/21/Creating-a-no_2D00_code-workflow-for-CRM-4.0-with-Visual-Studio-2005-_2800_2008_2900_.aspx
I've used that to create some workflows that could not be built using the CRM interface. There is many not-documented issues when working with the deployment tool (that is integrated with VS2005 only if I remember well). It is like using a pre-beta version of a tool that no-body is using...
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2762144/is-is-possible-a-good-idea-to-edit-workflows-in-visual-studio