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Distributed workflow management system has been widely used for the requirement of rapid development of process oriented software systems. In the past few years, more and more modern enterprises prefer the web-based workflow solutions. However, developing a web-based distributed workflow is a time-consuming task, since the architecture is complex and the programmers need to master the skills of both front-end and back-end development. In this paper, we present an application-level web component framework to develop the web-based workflow efficiently in the distributed environment. In this framework, the functions of the components are restricted to human-computer interaction and data computation, and all other functions are integrated into the workflow management system. Most web applications can be easily created through the component configuration instead of coding. Real-world scenarios which are built and implemented based on this architecture are shown to prove the effectiveness and usefulness of the framework.