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The following table lists Windows Workflow Foundation error codes and the text of the corresponding error messages. Text in brackets is a description of the error rather than literal error text.

Error code Error message

256 (0x100)

Workflow changes are disallowed when a TransactionScopeActivity is being executed.

260 (0x104)

CompositeActivity <activity name> status is currently <status>. Dynamic modifications are allowed only when the activity status is 'Enabled' or 'Suspended'.

262 (0x106)

Cannot create validator of type <type name>.

265 (0x109)

Parameter <parameter name> is invalid. Property <property name> is not set or its value is invalid.

266 (0x10A)

Parameter <parameter name> has invalid type. Type <type name> does not exist.

267 (0x10B)

Xoml document missing required attribute <attribute name> on '{1}'.

268 (0x10C)

Resource reference has invalid source name. Source must contain a valid resource file name that ends with '.resx'.

269 (0x10D)

ReferenceBind is invalid. Reference name is missing.

270 (0x10E)

Cannot find reference '{0}'. Make sure the reference is declared in the 'References' section of the markup file.

271 (0x10F)

Cannot find the root activity component.

272 (0x110)

Data Source <data source> already exists in the Scope <scope name>.

273 (0x111)

{0} has activities with duplicate name <activity name>.

275 (0x113)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Type <type name> does not exist. Are you missing an assembly reference?

276 (0x114)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Type <type name> is not declared or not assignable from '{2}'.

277 (0x115)

A root activity cannot have a parent activity.

278 (0x116)

Property <property name> is not set.

279 (0x117)

Could not create activity of type <type name>. {1}

281 (0x119)

Property <property name> has invalid value. {1}

282 (0x11A)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Type name must be assembly qualified.

285 (0x11D)

Cannot remove activity <activity name>. It is currently being 'Executed'.

287 (0x11F)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Type containing field is not resolved.

288 (0x120)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Field <field name> does not exist.

289 (0x121)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Field <field name> is not accessible.

290 (0x122)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Could not resolve field type of field <field name>.

296 (0x128)

Cannot resolve Activity with relative source '{0}'. Make sure that the relative source format is '/Parent/Parent'.

297 (0x129)

Cannot resolve Activity <activity name>.

298 (0x12A)

Activity <activity name> is not definitely executed before activity <activity name>.

299 (0x12B)

Property 'Path' is not set for activity source bind.

300 (0x12C)

'Path' property has invalid value. Activity <activity name> specified in binding does not contain member with name <member name>.

301 (0x12D)

Property <property name> is not set for the referenced activity <activity name>.

302 (0x12E)

Property <property name> of the referenced activity <activity name> is not of type 'Bind'.

303 (0x12F)

Bind ActivityReference Recursion detected.

304 (0x130)

Activity <activity name> cannot be resolved for an activity bind.

305 (0x131)

DataSource '{0}' does not exist in the context of ISupportDataContext '{1}'.

306 (0x132)

Bind with MethodDataSource should not specify Path.

307 (0x133)

'Handler' type is read only. Use 'Bind' type for read write properties.

308 (0x134)

Type <type name> is not a Delegate.

309 (0x135)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Type containing method is not resolved.

310 (0x136)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Method and handler signatures do not match.

311 (0x137)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Method <method name> does not exist.

312 (0x138)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Method <method name> is not accessible.

313 (0x139)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Method return type should be <type name>.

315 (0x13B)

The literal RuntimeType should be a primitive datatype or System.String.

316 (0x13C)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Failed to convert value <value> to type <type name>.

317 (0x13D)

DataSource name is not set.

318 (0x13E)

FieldDeclaration '{0}' has invalid name.

319 (0x13F)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Field type <type name> does not match with the expected type <type name>.

321 (0x141)

Bind property type doesn't match with target type <type name>.

322 (0x142)

Bind for property <property name> resolves to path <path> which has no Getter.

323 (0x143)

Bind for property <property name> resolves to a property <property name> which has no Setter.

325 (0x145)

Cannot set value to read only field <field> referred to in binding.

327 (0x147)

XmlDataSource '{0}' cannot be used for Write-able properties.

328 (0x148)

Path is not set while referring XmlDataSource '{0}'.

336 (0x150)

Invalid {0} definition on {2}. Missing required property <property name>.

337 (0x151)

Duplicate {0} with value <value> found on {2}.

338 (0x152)

Interface <interface name> does not have correlation parameter attribute.

339 (0x153)

{0} with parameter name <parameter name> on member <member name> does not have a corresponding {3} defined on interface <interface name>.

340 (0x154)

Correlation parameter type mismatch. <property name> property of '{1}' on {2} is of type <type name>. The expected type here is <type name>. All method/event delegate parameters that correspond to the correlation parameter <parameter name> in interface <interface name> must be of the same type.

341 (0x155)

Method/delegate <method/delegate name> is invalid. Generic methods/delegates are not supported.

342 (0x156)

Method/delegate <method/delegate name> is invalid. It should not have a return type.

343 (0x157)

Method/delegate <method/delegate name> is invalid. Methods with out/retval are not supported. Parameter <parameter name> is an out/retval parameter.

344 (0x158)

The correlation attribute <attribute name> is invalid. The method/delegate <method/delegate name>does not have a parameter/parameter property corresponding to {2}.

345 (0x159)

The correlation initializer attribute is not defined for any interface member in <interface name>. At least one member should have the correlation initializer attribute defined.

347 (0x15B)

[Indicates a serialization error.]

348 (0x15C)

[Indicates an unknown compiler exception.]

349 (0x15D)

[Indicates a multiple root activity creator.]

352 (0x160)

[Indicates a library path error.]

353 (0x161)

[Indicates a type load error.]

354 (0x162)

[Indicates an invalid referenced assembly.]

355 (0x163)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Type containing property is not resolved.

356 (0x164)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Property <property name> does not exist.

357 (0x165)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Property <property name> is not accessible.

358 (0x166)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Could not resolve property type of property <property name>.

359 (0x167)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Property type <type name> does not match with the expected type <type name>.

360 (0x168)

[Indicates no getter for the property reference.]

361 (0x169)

User code files cannot be compiled for workflow projects with NoCode option set.

362 (0x16A)

Inline code cannot be compiled for workflow projects with NoCode option set.

363 (0x16B)

Type <type name> is not marked as authorized in the application configuration file.

372 (0x174)

Activity supporting data context needs to have companion class name set.

373 (0x175)

Activity cannot inherit from the class which has local data context.

374 (0x176)

Companion Type '{0}' needs to inherit from '{1}', which is companion type of base activity.

375 (0x177)

There is already a parameter with name <parameter name>. Parameter names must be unique.

376 (0x178)

Application configuration file is either missing or does not contain authorizedTypes related configuration information.

377 (0x179)

[Indicates a cyclical expression.]

378 (0x17A)

[Indicates an invalid assign target.]

379 (0x17B)

The character '{0}' is not valid.

380 (0x17C)

The escape sequence '\{0}' is not valid.

381 (0x17D)

Unterminated character literal.

382 (0x17E)

Invalid character '{0}' in floating point exponent.

383 (0x17F)

Invalid character '{0}' in hexadecimal number.

384 (0x180)

A '(' is expected after the "{0}" statement.

385 (0x181)

The update path must be a string literal, or an expression that produces a single side effect path.

386 (0x182)

The ')' at the end of an argument list was not found.

387 (0x183)

Missing operand.

388 (0x184)

The ')' and the end of a parenthesized sub expression was not found.

389 (0x185)

An identifier was expected after the dot (.) operator.

390 (0x186)

UnknownFieldOrProperty

391 (0x187)

Unrecognized literal expression.

392 (0x188)

The identifier "{0}" could not be resolved.

393 (0x189)

A "." is expected after a namespace.

394 (0x18A)

The identifier "{0}" could not be found within namespace "{1}".

395 (0x18B)

Type arguments are required for generic type "{0}".

396 (0x18C)

Type arguments are not allowed with non-generic type "{0}".

397 (0x18D)

Incorrect number of type arguments for generic type "{0}".

398 (0x18E)

Invalid type argument.

399 (0x18F)

Missing '>' at end of generic type argument list.

400 (0x190)

The condition cannot be empty.

401 (0x191)

Extra characters ignored.

402 (0x192)

Invalid integer constant.

403 (0x192)

Invalid decimal or floating point constant.

404 (0x193)

Unterminated string literal.

405 (0x194)

The type of the member "{0}" could not be determined. Ensure that the declaration is correct.

406 (0x195)

The wildcard '*' is only allowed as the last part of the path in an Update action or RuleAttribute.

1280 (0x500)

Workflow definition for invoked workflow <workflow name> could not be loaded.

1281 (0x501)

Cannot invoke a transactional SequentialWorkflow from within an atomic scope.

1282 (0x502)

InvokeWorkflowActivity cannot be used inside TransactionScopeActivity.

1283 (0x503)

More than one argument has been passed to parameter <parameter name>.

1284 (0x504)

Cannot find parameter <parameter name> in the parameters collection of the target root activity.

1286 (0x506)

Recursive call detected: {0}

1287 (0x507)

Unable to check for recursion.

1288 (0x508)

Cannot invoke this workflow from within a TransactionScopeActivity because workflow <workflow name> in the call chain contains a SuspendActivity.

1289 (0x509)

Compensate must be nested in a CompensationHandlerActivity or an FaultHandlerActivity or a CancellationHandlerActivity activity.

1290 (0x50A)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Activity <activity name> could not be resolved or does not support compensation.

1291 (0x50B)

Parent of CompensationHandlerActivity must be annotated with SupportsCompensationHandlerAttribute.

1292 (0x50C)

An IfElseActivity must have at least one child of type IfElseBranchActivity.

1293 (0x50D)

All children must be of type IfElseBranchActivity.

1294 (0x50E)

Parent of IfElseBranchActivity must be an IfElseActivity.

1295 (0x50F)

CompositeActivity <activity name> status is currently <status>. Workflow changes for <activity name> activity are allowed only when the activity is 'Enabled' or 'Executing' or 'Closed'.

1296 (0x510)

Parent of EventDrivenActivity must be a ListenActivity, EventHandlersActivity, StateActivity, or StateMachineWorkflow.

1297 (0x511)

A child activity must be present.

1298 (0x512)

The first child activity should implement '{0}'.

1299 (0x513)

A ListenActivity must contain more than one EventDrivenActivity.

1300 (0x514)

All child activities must be of type EventDrivenActivity.

1302 (0x516)

Only one EventDrivenActivity can have a DelayActivity as the first executable activity.

1303 (0x517)

A ParallelActivity must have more than one SequenceActivity.

1304 (0x518)

All children must be of type SequenceActivity.

1305 (0x519)

A parent of FaultHandlerActivity must be a FaultHandlersActivity.

1306 (0x51A)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Type is not assignable from '{1}'.

1307 (0x51B)

The FaultHandlerActivity Variable property must be bound to a type which is assignable from the FaultHandlerActivity's Type type.

1308 (0x51C)

If more than one FaultHandlerActivity is added to a FaultHandlersActivity, only the last should have CatchType set to "All."

1309 (0x51D)

Activity <activity name> does not support FaultHandlersActivity. It should have 'SupportsFaultHandlersActivityAttribute' for it to support FaultHandlersActivity.

1310 (0x51E)

All children must be FaultHandlerActivity activities.

1311 (0x51F)

{0} can have only one FaultHandlerActivity activity for CatchType All.

1312 (0x520)

{0} can have only one FaultHandlerActivity activity for {1}.

1313 (0x521)

A FaultHandlerActivity for exception type <type name> must be added before the handler for exception type <type name>.

1314 (0x522)

The parent activity <activity name> is not a EventHandlingScopeActivity.

1316 (0x524)

Multiple child activities inside the EventDriven activity <activity name> implement the <interface name> interface. Only the first child activity should implement this interface.

1317 (0x525)

SuspendActivity cannot be nested inside a TransactionScopeActivity.

1318 (0x526)

Replicator Activity must contain one Activity.

1319 (0x527)

{0} can have only one EventHandlers activity.

1320 (0x528)

The activity <activity name> must return a valid method name. Property <property name> returns null or empty string.

1321 (0x529)

The activity <activity name> must return a valid interface type. Property InterfaceType returns null.

1322 (0x52A)

{0} can have only one FaultHandlersActivity activity.

1323 (0x52B)

{0} can have only one CompensationHandlerActivity.

1324 (0x52C)

TransactionScopeActivity ({0}) cannot have FaultHandlersActivity.

1326 (0x52E)

An atomic activity cannot be nested within another atomic activity.

1327 (0x52F)

An activity with the PersistOnClose attribute cannot be nested inside a TransactionScopeActivity.

1329 (0x531)

<value> is not a valid value for '{1}'. '{1}' must be greater than or equal to 0.

1333 (0x535)

Correlation <correlation name> is already specified.

1334 (0x536)

A HandleExternalEventActivity with Activation set to 'True' in a ParallelActivity must initialize a correlation.

1336 (0x538)

The correlation may be uninitialized.

1337 (0x539)

Activity <activity name> cannot follow correlation that has been initialized by {0} in the same TransactionScopeActivity.

1338 (0x53A)

Correlation <correlation name> is also initialized by Activity <activity name>.

1341 (0x53D)

Parameter <parameter name> is not set. Specify a binding for this parameter.

1342 (0x53E)

[Indicates that a condition was not found.]

1343 (0x53F)

[Indicates duplicate conditions.]

1344 (0x540)

[Indicates an invalid condition name.]

1345 (0x541)

[Indicates that the left operand is missing from the expression.]

1346 (0x542)

[Indicates that the left operand is of an invalid type.]

1347 (0x543)

[Indicates that the right operand is missing from the expression].

1348 (0x544)

[Indicates that the right operand is of an invalid type.]

1349 (0x545)

[Indicates that the operand types are incompatible.]

1350 (0x546)

[Indicates that the binding type is missing.]

1351 (0x547)

[Indicates that the condition must be Boolean.]

1352 (0x548)

[Indicates that the code expression was not handled.]

1353 (0x549)

[Indicates that the type cannot be resolved.]

1354 (0x54A)

[Indicates that the member cannot be resolved.]

1356 (0x54C)

Statements after the Halt action will not be executed.

1368 (0x558)

[Indicates an invalid condition expression.]

1373 (0x55D)

Corresponding WebServiceOutput or WebServiceFault activity not found.

1374 (0x55E)

WebServiceInput activity <activity name> not found in the preceding activities.

1377 (0x561)

[Indicates a static member error.]

1378 (0x562)

[Indicates a nonstatic member error.]

1379 (0x563)

Property <property name> has an invalid value. Activity <activity name> must have a CompensationHandler.

1380 (0x564)

Activity <activity name> must be a WebServiceInput activity.

1381 (0x565)

WebServiceOutput activity should not be configured for WebServiceInput activities that have no out parameters or return values.

1382 (0x566)

WebServiceReceive {0} is not configured correctly.

1383 (0x567)

Parameter <parameter name> of type <type name> should be a public, serializable type.

1384 (0x568)

An activity with Activation set to 'True' must be the first executable activity.

1385 (0x569)

IsActivating property should be set to 'True' for the first executable WebServiceInput activity.

1386 (0x56A)

WebServiceOutput activity <activity name> also refers to WebServiceInput activity <activity name>.

1387 (0x56B)

{0} has a "{1}" that specifies "{2}", but no matching method or property was found.

1388 (0x56C)

'CreateRuleSet()' method is not implemented.

1389 (0x56D)

'CreateRuleSet()' method does not return a RuleSet.

1390 (0x56E)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Type <type name> should be a public type.

1392 (0x570)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Type should be an Interface.

1393 (0x571)

Property <property name> has invalid or missing parameter.

1394 (0x572)

The return type of method <method name> could not be resolved. Are you missing an assembly or namespace reference?

1395 (0x573)

Parent of CancellationHandlerActivity must be annotated with SupportsCancellationHandlerAttribute.

1396 (0x574)

WebServiceFault activity <activity name> also refers to WebServiceInput activity <activity name>.

1397 (0x575)

TransactionScopeActivity <activity name> cannot contain a CancellationHandlerActivity.

1398 (0x576)

[Indicates that the RuleSet was not found.]

1399 (0x577)

[Indicates an invalid rule set expression.]

1400 (0x578)

[Indicates an invalid rule set name.]

1401 (0x579)

An activity with Activation set to 'True' must not be inside loop activity.

1402 (0x57A)

WebServiceFault activity should not be configured for WebServiceInput activities that have no out parameters or return value.

1403 (0x57B)

[Indicates that the update was not valid.]

1405 (0x57D)

[Indicates a missing rule condition.]

1520 (0x5F0)

StateMachineWorkflow or State activities that contains other State activities can only contain State or EventDriven activities

1521 (0x5F1)

StateActivity can only contain StateActivity, EventDrivenActivity, or StateInitializationActivity.

1522 (0x5F2)

SetState activity must be contained in an StateInitialization or EventDriven activity that is contained inside a StateMachineWorkflow or a State based custom activity.

1523 (0x5F3)

TargetStateName property must point to a valid State activity.

1524 (0x5F4)

TargetStateName property must point to a State activity that does not contain other states.

1525 (0x5F5)

The InitialStateName property must point to a valid State activity.

1526 (0x5F6)

The CompletedStateName property must point to a valid State activity.

1527 (0x5F7)

The InitialStateName property must point to a State activity that does not contain other states.

1528 (0x5F8)

The CompletedStateName property must point to a State activity that does not contain other states.

1535 (0x5FF)

CompletedState cannot contain other activities.

1538 (0x602)

There is already an activity with name <activity name>. Activity names must be unique.

1539 (0x603)

StateInitializationActivity or StateFinalizationActivity cannot contain activities that implement IEventActivity.

1540 (0x604)

Only one StateInitializationActivity is allowed per StateActivity.

1541 (0x605)

SetState.TargetStateName must point to a different StateActivity than the containing StateActivity when used inside a StateInitializationActivity.

1542 (0x606)

StateInitializationActivity and StateFinalizationActivity must be contained in a StateActivity.

1546 (0x60A)

ActivityBind specified for property '{0}' resolves to a PropertyInfo '{1}' whose Getter is not accessible.

1547 (0x60B)

WhileActivity should have one child activity.

1549 (0x60D)

Path <path> used to specify member for '{1}' is invalid. Path needs to point to valid member.

1550 (0x60E)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Type needs to be a root activity.

1551 (0x60F)

Method <method name> could not be resolved. Either method could not be found or method signature does not match the delegate type.

1552 (0x610)

Property 'Path' has an invalid value. The type <type name> of '{1}' needs to be Serializable.

1555 (0x613)

Property name is not set for activity source bind.

1556 (0x614)

The target workflow must not have an activity that implements a WebServiceInput activity with Activation set to True.

1557 (0x615)

Property <property name> has invalid value. Condition handler cannot be within the child activity.

1558 (0x616)

Interface must have the DataExchangeService attribute.

1559 (0x617)

The activity <activity name> must return a valid event name. Property <property name> returns null or empty string.

1560 (0x618)

The CorrelationToken reference variable <variable name> should be declared within the parent multi-instance activity <activity name>.

1561 (0x619)

Property <property name> is not set or its value cannot be resolved to an actual type.

1562 (0x61A)

Only one StateFinalizationActivity is allowed per StateActivity.

1563 (0x61B)

Removal of StateActivity <activity name> is not allowed through workflow update.

1564 (0x61C)

'x:Class' cannot be used when the markup is executed directly without creating a new activity type.

1566 (0x61E)

[Indicates more than two activities in an event handling scope.]

1567 (0x61F)

[Indicates that modeling constructs cannot contain modeling constructs.]

1568 (0x620)

Removal of '{0}' '{1}' is not allowed while parent '{2}' '{3}' is executing.

1569 (0x621)

It is not allowed to use '{0}' inside other activities. It must be a root activity.

1570 (0x622)

Parent of CompensationHandlerActivity must be compensatable (implement ICompensatableActivity).

1571 (0x623)

Adding child activities to a custom '{0}' is not allowed.

1572 (0x624)

ActivityBind path '{0}' resolves to WorkflowParameterBinding.Value on Activity '{1}' whose type is System.Object. Expected type for ActivityBind is '{2}'.

1574 (0x626)

Missing ''BaseTypeAttribute' for property '{0}'. Specify either a 'BaseTypeAttribute' or implement 'IBaseTypeProvider' interface on the declaring type for a property whose type is 'Bind' or any of its derived types.

1575 (0x627)

{0}' while invoking the validator '{1}' on activity '{2}': {3}.

1576 (0x628)

The root activity cannot have the 'Enabled' property set to 'False'.

1577 (0x629)

Path '{0}' resolves to a Method. You can bind to a Method only for Events. '{1}' is not an Event.</value>

1578 (0x62A)

Activity of type {0} cannot be nested inside other activity.

1579 (0x62B)

Parent of '{0}' must also be a '{0}'.

1580 (0x62C)

'{0}' property must be different than '{1}' property.

1581 (0x62D)

HandleExternalEventActivity which initializes the correlation cannot be declared within the parent multiple instance activity {0}.

1582 (0x62E)

The correlation initializer and follower are inside a transactional scope activity.

1583 (0x62F)

'{0}' status is currently '{1}'. Cannot change EventHandlingScopeActivity when the activity status is 'Executing'.

1584 (0x630)

Additional bindings found in the 'ParameterBindingCollection'.

See Also

Reference

WorkflowCompilerError

Concepts

Troubleshooting Workflow Errors

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