Custom Activities (Working from Solution, but not from UIPath)

[SekarPNagaraj (sekar)]

I have created Custom Activity (as it is mentioned in here https://activities.uipath.com/docs/creating-a-custom-activity). All good when I did sample program.

But when I started creating Custom Activity with many DLLs involved, It kept throwing an error as shown in the attached image. I could able to successfully add that activity in uipath.

The same project is working fine in Visual Studio. This is .Net Class Library and third party DLLs.

[Palaniyappan (Forum Leader)]

HI Buddy @SekarPNagaraj

Welcome to UiPath Community
May be this could help you with your issue

Custom Package not seen in activities list

@Naveen That’s not an activity. For it to be an activity, it needs to inherit from either NativeActivity or CodeActivity (or CodeActivity<T>). What you have is a class that implements IRegisterMetadata interface (sort of… that actually won’t work). Please check UiPath’s tutorial/resources and/or their public repos for how to make an activity.

Not able to add Custom Activity in UiPath

Hi, Right click on package tab Select Configure Sources from the context menu. The Package Source Settings window is displayed. Click the Add and browser you package.

Cheers @SekarPNagaraj

[aksh1yadav (AKSHAY YADAV)]

Hey @SekarPNagaraj

You have to include also the dependent dll which you are using within your project.

Regards…!!
Aksh

[venkat4u (venkat)]

@SekarPNagaraj
Need to add references into your project.

[SekarPNagaraj (sekar)]

Hello @aksh1yadav, Thanks for replying. You mean in the UiPath? There is a VPN connection needed for this code to work, When I debug it from Solution, could see Secure Application Manager is showing the activities which are connected. But from UiPath when I run that particular workflow, there is no activities shown as connected in SAM. Could that be a problem?

[SekarPNagaraj (sekar)]

but when I started creating Custom Activity with many DLLs involved, It kept throwing an error as shown in the attached image. I could able to successfully add that activity in uipath.

[Sambder]

If there is a VPN connection needed for this code to work I can recommend you to use one of the free services. You can look at the VeePN. It is really a great decision that you can use in order to hide your real IP address and make everything in the network. Now it is absolutely free, you can try it on your desktop or the mobile version at smartphone.