Hello. I am trying to use an activity that has a parametrer that typed like SecureString. I need to assign some string to that parameter, but I can not do it. I am having the exception “A string vlue can not be converted to SecureString”… or somthing… Can you please help me? Thank you

Thank you for your help! This line, System.Net.NetworkCredential(string.Empty, secureStr).Password, returns a String However, thank to you, I find: System.Net.NetworkCredential(string.Empty, secureStr).SecurePassword And it works just fine! Thank you

Hi @pcainzos There are activities like Get Credential and AddCredentials to deal with credentials. and if you’re using Assets in Orchestrator, so in that case you can use “Get credential” activity

[image] PrankurJoshi: You can convert a string to secure string with this Very bad and unproficient (!) answer as the question is exactly opposite - How to assign value for parametrer of SecureString type inside UiPath workflow with pre-defined string value. It seems it is impossible to do t…

Hi @pcainzos , Kindly create a variable in Securestring datatype, and assign the below mentioned function to the variable, Find out the below mentioned screenshot for your reference. = New System.Net.NetworkCredential(“”,stringvalue).securepassword. [SecurePassword]

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PrankurJoshi (Prankur Joshi) February 14, 2019, 5:44pm 2

Hi @pcainzos

You can convert a string to secure string with this

String plainStr = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(string.Empty, secureStr).Password

see this

Thanks,
Prankur

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