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In my previous post, I’ve been exploring how changing the version of an ActivityLibrary affects a workflow. In this post I want to explore how Workflow Services behave.
The good news – as far as I can tell, they behave exactly as they should behave loading the assembly version they were built with.
For this test I have a Workflow Service that uses an activity from ActivityLibrary1 and we will run through a similar set of scenarios deploying a Workflow Service (.xamlx) to a web site hosted in IIS.
Scenario 1: Baseline
Host (IIS) Workflow Service V1, Activity (Bin V1)
Expected: Workflow Service will load Activity V1 from Bin directory
| Assembly | Version | Path |
|---|---|---|
| XamlAssemblyResolutionWeb | 1.0.0.0 | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\8950055e\173b0e0e\assembly\dl3\f71eb821\4409cc42_f2b0cb01\XamlAssemblyResolutionWeb.DLL |
| ActivityLibrary1 | 1.0.0.0 | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\8950055e\173b0e0e\assembly\dl3\d859493c\625d8742_f2b0cb01\ActivityLibrary1.DLL |
Scenario 2: Activity in GAC
Host (IIS) Workflow Service V1, Activity (GAC V1)
Expected: Workflow Service will load Activity V1 from GAC
| Assembly | Version | Path |
|---|---|---|
| XamlAssemblyResolutionWeb | 1.0.0.0 | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\8950055e\173b0e0e\assembly\dl3\f71eb821\c80c6811_f6b0cb01\XamlAssemblyResolutionWeb.DLL |
| ActivityLibrary1 | 1.0.0.0 | C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\ActivityLibrary1\v4.0_1.0.0.0__c18b97d2d48a43ab\ActivityLibrary1.dll |
Scenario 3: Upgrade Activity to V2 deploy to bin
Host (IIS) Workflow Service V1, Activity (Bin V2)
Expected: Workflow Service will fail with exception because it cannot load Activity V1
Actual: System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'ActivityLibrary1, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c18b97d2d48a43ab' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)
Scenario 4: Upgrade Activity to V2 deploy to GAC side by side with V1
Host (IIS) Workflow Service V1, Activity V2, Deploy (Bin V2) (GAC V1, V2)
Expected: Workflow Service will load activity V1 from GAC
| Assembly | Version | Path |
|---|---|---|
| XamlAssemblyResolutionWeb | 1.0.0.0 | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\8950055e\173b0e0e\assembly\dl3\f71eb821\46453429_f8b0cb01\XamlAssemblyResolutionWeb.DLL |
| ActivityLibrary1 | 1.0.0.0 | C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\ActivityLibrary1\v4.0_1.0.0.0__c18b97d2d48a43ab\ActivityLibrary1.dll |
Scenario 5: Upgrade Activity to V2 deploy to GAC remove V1 from GAC
Host (IIS) Workflow Service V1, Activity (GAC V2)
Expected: Workflow Service will fail with exception because it cannot load Activity V1
Actual: Exception Could not load file or assembly 'ActivityLibrary1, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c18b97d2d48a43ab' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)
Scenario 6: Upgrade Workflow Service and Activity but fail to deploy Activity V2
Host (IIS) Workflow Service V2, Activity (GAC V1)
Expected: Workflow Service will fail with exception because it cannot load Activity V2
Actual: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'ActivityLibrary1, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c18b97d2d48a43ab' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
Scenario 7: Upgrade Workflow Service and Activity but fail to deploy Activity V2
Host (IIS) Workflow Service V2, Activity (GAC V1) (Bin V1)
Expected: Workflow Service will fail with exception because it cannot load Activity V2
Actual: System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'ActivityLibrary1, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c18b97d2d48a43ab' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)
Scenario 8: Upgrade Workflow Service and Activity but fail to deploy Activity V2
Host (IIS) Workflow Service V2, Activity (GAC V1) (Bin V1)
Expected: Workflow Service will fail with exception because it cannot load Activity V2
Actual: System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'ActivityLibrary1, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c18b97d2d48a43ab' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)