Unable to serialize instance of System.IO.DirectoryInfo

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In the beginning of my job, created by REF, I initialized a variable of type System.IO.DirectoryInfo via

Directory.CreateDirectory(“O:\CS\CSI\IF\008_RPA_BOT-DEVELOPMENT!DevCopy_Environment\DevCopy_006-Payee Control Reminders_Prozess-Output\RuntimeData\2024_09_10”)
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After doing several subsequences, I want to pass this DP to my last subsequence, but every debug run fails with this exception

07_Finish - Invoke Workflow File (Sequences\07_Finish.xaml): Unable to serialize instance of ‘System.IO.DirectoryInfo’.

The path itself and all information from DirectoryInfo are correct and double checked. Can some please give me an explenation to this behavior?

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@christian.helbing.senn,

It’s because passing unserializable datatype variable is not supported by Invoke workflow file activity.

The image provides details on the "Invoke Workflow File" activity, highlighting, among other points, that unserializable data types cannot be passed between isolated workflows. (Captioned by AI)
The image provides details on the "Invoke Workflow File" activity, highlighting, among other points, that unserializable data types cannot be passed between isolated workflows. (Captioned by AI)1080×2024 142 KB

Thanks,
Ashok :slightly_smiling_face:

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@christian.helbing.senn

Welcome to the community

instead you can create it with a global variable scope which can be accessed in any xaml wihtout passing

cheers