Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Comparison Between SharePoint Designer 2007 and Visual Studio 2005 Designer

Comparison Between SharePoint Designer 2007 and Visual Studio 2005 Designer

Feature SharePoint Designer 2007 Visual Studio Designer 2005
Requires you to write code No Yes
Supports sequential workflows Yes Yes
Supports state machine workflows No Yes
Supports the use of custom forms within the workflow Yes Yes
Workflows can be started manually Yes Yes
Workflows can be started by an event Yes Yes
Workflows can associated with a list

Yes. Workflow created using SharePoint Designer 2007 can only be bound to a single list. You cannot
alter this association after deployment.

Yes
Workflows can be associated with a content Type No Yes
Workflows can be associated with a site No Yes
Supports the use of ASP.NET forms Yes Yes
Supports the use of other form technologies, such as InfoPath No Yes
Workflow deployment happens automatically Yes

No, but you can use a Web Part
Solution Package (.wsp) to deploy
a workflow.

Step-by-step debugging is available No Yes

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