This is the first article of a series of articles that I will be writing to demonstrate how to use out of the box activities that come with WF. In this example I show how WF can be used to build a workflow that handles the process of interviewing. The process is somewhat simplified because the person is only hired if they live in a certain zip code range, however the example does a good job of showing how to wire up each of the activities discussed to make the hiring selection. To do this as a lab you will first need the following solution files, WFActivities Part I Host Example and WF Activities Part I Interview Bus Obj located  at http://www.msbicentral.com/Downloads/tabid/96/Default.aspx

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Using embedded SQL statements driven by report parameters is a great way to retrieve data for reports within Reporting Services, however stored procedures can be just as fun to work with, easier to implement within a report and more secure.

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Reporting Services includes the ReportViewer Server Control as one example that can be installed when you install Reporting Services. It can be reused for most if not all of your report viewing needs to build reports into your applications. In this article, I will discuss ways to implement the ReportViewer Server Control into a Reporting Services web application. I’ll also talk about URL access to reports and why I chose to use that type of access.

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