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How to lauch a recipe programatically

Hi,

does anyone know if it is possible to start a recipe programatically? Basic, my scenario is: the user has team explorer installed and i want to start a recipe when the user clicks a link in the "Links tab".

Is it possible?

Thanks in advance

BFC

BFC Monday, September 15, 2008 9:39 AM

Hi BFC,

take a look to SFT (Software Factories Toolkit) @ http://www.softwarefactoriestoolkit.net/ , there you will find an ActionProgressCoordinator which is basically an action coordinator service, you can use that or you can learn how to launch a recipe programatically looking in that code.

Jose Escrich - weblogs.asp.net/jescrich

Marked As Answer byBFC Sunday, March 01, 2009 6:40 PM
Proposed As Answer byJose Escrich Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:14 PM

Jose Escrich Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:14 PM

Hi there,

I have invoked from action of the one recipe programatically another recipe - 'TestRecipe'. I have implemented this into customized WSSF (Service Factory).

Here is the sample, Execute method of the action of the first recipe:

Reading content of the test recipe:

1FileStreamfs=
2newFileStream(@"..\TestRecipe.xml",FileMode.Open,FileAccess.Read);
3StreamReadersr=newStreamReader(fs);
4stringrecipeContent=sr.ReadToEnd();

Reading configuration (.xml) file of the executive Guidance Package and instancing new GP :

    
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            Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Configuration.GuidancePackagecurentConfig=
        
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            Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.GuidancePackage.ReadConfiguration(@"..\CapabilityGuidancePackage.xml");
        
            3
            
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            Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.GuidancePackagecurentGPckg=
        
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            newMicrosoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.GuidancePackage(curentConfig);

Adding necassary servicers :

    
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            TypeResolutionService_trs=GetService(typeof(ITypeResolutionService))asTypeResolutionService;
        
            2
            
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            curentGPckg.AddService(typeof(ITypeResolutionService),_trs);
        
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            curentGPckg.AddService(typeof(EnvDTE.DTE),this.Dte);

Executing test recipe:

    
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            Microsoft.Practices.Common.ExecutionResultexResult=curentGPckg.ExecuteFromTemplate("TestRecipe",null);

All together:

    
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            publicclassTestActionUnfold:ActionBase
        
            2
            {
        
            3
            publicoverridevoidExecute()
        
            4
            {
        
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            try
        
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            {
        
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            FileStreamfs=
        
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            newFileStream(@"..\TestRecipe.xml",FileMode.Open,FileAccess.Read);
        
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            StreamReadersr=newStreamReader(fs);
        
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            stringrecipeContent=sr.ReadToEnd();
        
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            Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Configuration.GuidancePackagecurentConfig=
        
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            Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.GuidancePackage.ReadConfiguration(@"..\CapabilityGuidancePackage.xml");
        
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            Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.GuidancePackagecurentGPckg=
        
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            newMicrosoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.GuidancePackage(curentConfig);
        
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            TypeResolutionService_trs=GetService(typeof(ITypeResolutionService))asTypeResolutionService;
        
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            curentGPckg.AddService(typeof(ITypeResolutionService),_trs);
        
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            curentGPckg.AddService(typeof(EnvDTE.DTE),this.Dte);
        
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            Microsoft.Practices.Common.ExecutionResultexResult=curentGPckg.ExecuteFromTemplate("TestRecipe",null);
        
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            }
        
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            catch(Exceptionex)
        
            27
            {
        
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            System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine(ex);
        
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            throwex;
        
            30
            
            31
            }
        
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            }
        
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            }

Also, it can be done with 'code recipe'.

You can instance Recipe class, something like this :

1Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Configuration.Reciperecipe=newMicrosoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Configuration.Recipe();
2recipe.Name="TestRecipe";
3
4Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Configuration.Actionaction=newMicrosoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Configuration.Action();
5action.Name="TestExecution";
6action.Type="SomeType,SomeAssembly";
7
8recipe.Actions.Action=newMicrosoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Configuration.Action[]{action};

Hope this is useful, best regards,

Rastko

Proposed As Answer bycucciolo Friday, February 27, 2009 9:46 AM
Marked As Answer byBFC Sunday, March 01, 2009 6:42 PM

cucciolo Friday, February 27, 2009 9:44 AM

Jose Escrich - weblogs.asp.net/jescrich

Marked As Answer byBFC Sunday, March 01, 2009 6:40 PM
Proposed As Answer byJose Escrich Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:14 PM

Jose Escrich Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:14 PM

1FileStreamfs=
2newFileStream(@"..\TestRecipe.xml",FileMode.Open,FileAccess.Read);
3StreamReadersr=newStreamReader(fs);
4stringrecipeContent=sr.ReadToEnd();

Reading configuration (.xml) file of the executive Guidance Package and instancing new GP :

    
            1
            Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Configuration.GuidancePackagecurentConfig=
        
            2
            Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.GuidancePackage.ReadConfiguration(@"..\CapabilityGuidancePackage.xml");
        
            3
            
            4
            Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.GuidancePackagecurentGPckg=
        
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            newMicrosoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.GuidancePackage(curentConfig);

Adding necassary servicers :

    
            1
            TypeResolutionService_trs=GetService(typeof(ITypeResolutionService))asTypeResolutionService;
        
            2
            
            3
            curentGPckg.AddService(typeof(ITypeResolutionService),_trs);
        
            4
            curentGPckg.AddService(typeof(EnvDTE.DTE),this.Dte);

Executing test recipe:

    
            1
            Microsoft.Practices.Common.ExecutionResultexResult=curentGPckg.ExecuteFromTemplate("TestRecipe",null);

All together:

    
            1
            publicclassTestActionUnfold:ActionBase
        
            2
            {
        
            3
            publicoverridevoidExecute()
        
            4
            {
        
            5
            try
        
            6
            {
        
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            FileStreamfs=
        
            8
            newFileStream(@"..\TestRecipe.xml",FileMode.Open,FileAccess.Read);
        
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            StreamReadersr=newStreamReader(fs);
        
            10
            stringrecipeContent=sr.ReadToEnd();
        
            11
            
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            Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Configuration.GuidancePackagecurentConfig=
        
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            Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.GuidancePackage.ReadConfiguration(@"..\CapabilityGuidancePackage.xml");
        
            14
            
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            Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.GuidancePackagecurentGPckg=
        
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            newMicrosoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.GuidancePackage(curentConfig);
        
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            TypeResolutionService_trs=GetService(typeof(ITypeResolutionService))asTypeResolutionService;
        
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            curentGPckg.AddService(typeof(ITypeResolutionService),_trs);
        
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            curentGPckg.AddService(typeof(EnvDTE.DTE),this.Dte);
        
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            Microsoft.Practices.Common.ExecutionResultexResult=curentGPckg.ExecuteFromTemplate("TestRecipe",null);
        
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            }
        
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            catch(Exceptionex)
        
            27
            {
        
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            System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine(ex);
        
            29
            throwex;
        
            30
            
            31
            }
        
            32
            }
        
            33
            }

Also, it can be done with 'code recipe'.

You can instance Recipe class, something like this :

1Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Configuration.Reciperecipe=newMicrosoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Configuration.Recipe();
2recipe.Name="TestRecipe";
3
4Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Configuration.Actionaction=newMicrosoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Configuration.Action();
5action.Name="TestExecution";
6action.Type="SomeType,SomeAssembly";
7
8recipe.Actions.Action=newMicrosoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Configuration.Action[]{action};

Hope this is useful, best regards,

Rastko

Proposed As Answer bycucciolo Friday, February 27, 2009 9:46 AM
Marked As Answer byBFC Sunday, March 01, 2009 6:42 PM

cucciolo Friday, February 27, 2009 9:44 AM

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