Is there any free usable component for workflow editor/designer?

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I am trying to find a .NET component that allows GUI (drag-and-drop) workflow design, and I need it as a part of a bigger software so I prefer it to be a usable component. What I imagine is it is similar to the GUI used to design workflows in Visual Studio 2008 and 2010. Is there any such component? I tried searching for a while and didn't have any luck. The best I could find are these

but I don't think any of the items in those list are compatible with my requirements. has anyone been looking for this and found a good component? I am looking for a free one, and open source is even better if possible.

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 20 '10 at 09:41

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Workflow designer from Windows workflow foundation can be used as a control (re-hosted) and comes with all the funcatuionality:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc835242.aspx

answered Oct 20 '10 at 09:41

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if the article in that link is too confusing, try reading this http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd489440.aspx – Louis Rhys Oct 21 '10 at 10:05

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 20 '10 at 09:41

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You can host the Visual Studio workflow designer in you own application. This article explains how to do it (it's originally in French but Google Translate usually gives a decent translation)

answered Oct 20 '10 at 09:41

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 05 '11 at 11:17

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Crainiate ERM Diagram is now Open Diagram. It's open sourced under the rather undesirable GPLv2 license.

answered May 05 '11 at 11:17

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I can probably change that licence now if required. – James Westgate Jan 12 '15 at 23:27
Source code now here https://github.com/jameswestgate/opendiagram – James Westgate Feb 11 '22 at 21:02

Andre Pena · Answer 4 · 2010-10-20T11:28:42.517

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It's not free, but the best you will find is Crainiate ERM Diagram

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answered Oct 20 '10 at 09:49

Andre Pena

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"Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)" on that URL – CAD bloke Feb 11 '11 at 05:49
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"The best you will fin"? I sincerely hope not. The wordt about Crainiate is that there is absolutely no community behind this. You just cannot find any information about it. – Bart Gijssens Sep 22 '11 at 08:02
This got open sourced and moved to opendiagram.codeplex.com - but version 5.0 never moved out of beta. No one stepped up to help and I couldn't do it for free. However version 4 is very stable and also included in the source tree. – James Westgate Jan 12 '15 at 23:27
Probably I would try to use d3.js in a browser now though. – James Westgate Jan 12 '15 at 23:28
@JamesWestgate : Where can I find version 4 of Open Diagram? – Abhijeet Nagre Sep 10 '15 at 13:37
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@AbhijeetNagre It is in the source code under version 4.1 – James Westgate Sep 14 '15 at 06:43

score -1 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 26 '12 at 04:46

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check out http://www.cDevWorkflow.com next generation workflow engine with graphical designer for .net applications and developers

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answered Feb 13 '12 at 02:22

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Is there any free usable component for workflow editor/designer?

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