03 March 2025

Microsoft toolbox activities

Use caution when building or editing a workflow. For further advice or to arrange training, contact your professional services consultant.

The Microsoft Toolbox includes statements that help structure your workflow.

Refer to Use Workflow Activities for further information.

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The following groups are displayed in the Microsoft Toolbox panel:

The activities available in the Control Flow group are described in the following table.

Activity Does this...
DoWhile Executes the activity contained within the body until the specified condition is met.
Flowchart Allows the creation of a workflow containing flownode objects (for example: FlowDecision) and links.
FlowDecision Produces one of two possible outcomes from a flownode.
ForEachWithBodyFactory<T> Creates a new ForEach<T> activity for the activity contained in the body.
If

Branches actions that can be used to specify a condition where the outcome is either true or false.

Refer to the If activity description for more information.
Parallel Executes all activities contained in the body simultaneously.
ParallelForEachWithBodyFactory<T> Creates a new ParallelForEach<T> activity for the activity contained in the body.
Sequence

Containers for a series of events within an activity.

Refer to the Sequence activity description for more information.
Switch<T> Selects an activity to execute, based on the value of the expression.
While Executes the activity contained in the body while the condition is true.

The activities available in the Runtime group are described in the following table.

Activity Does this...
Assign

Assigns a value to a variable.

Refer to the Assign activity description for more information.
Delay Creates a timed delay.
InvokeMethod Calls a method for a specified object or type.
TerminateWorkflow Terminates the workflow.
WriteLine Writes specified text to a TextWriter.

The activities available in the Collection group are described in the following table.

Activity Does this...
AddToCollection<T> Adds an item to a collection class.
ClearCollection<T> Clears items from a collection class.
ExistsInCollection<T> Confirms whether an item is included within a collection class.
RemoveFromCollecton<T> Removes an item from a collection.

The activities available in the Error Handling group are described in the following table.

Activity Does this...
Rethrow

Reproduces a previously thrown exception.

The Rethrow activity must be the child of a Catch handler or a TryCatch activity.
Throw Produces an exception.
TryCatch

Handles errors when an exception occurs within a workflow.

Refer to the TryCatch activity description for more information.