Converting existing workflow from code based definition to xoml

Yes, it is fairly easy to accomplish. Try the following changing Workflow1 to the workflow type that you want to serialize to XOML:

using System;

using System.Workflow.Activities;

using System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Serialization;

using System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization;

using System.Xml;

namespace WorkflowConsoleApplication5

{

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

Workflow1 workflow1 = Activator.CreateInstance<Workflow1>();

WorkflowMarkupSerializer serializer = new WorkflowMarkupSerializer();

DesignerSerializationManager serializationManager = new DesignerSerializationManager();

using (XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(@"c:\SerializedWorkflow.xoml"))

{

using (serializationManager.CreateSession())

{

serializer.Serialize(serializationManager, xmlWriter, workflow1);

if (serializationManager.Errors.Count > 0)

{

throw new Exception("Serialization errors");

}

}

}

}

}

}

Add the following code to the bottom of the InitializeComponent method in the designer.cs file:

using (XmlTextWriter xmlWriter = new XmlTextWriter(path, Encoding.Unicode))

{

WorkflowMarkupSerializer xomlSerializer = new WorkflowMarkupSerializer();

xomlSerializer.Serialize(xmlWriter, this);

}