NintexWorkflowActivity element

Contains the metadata for a workflow action.

Syntax

<NintexWorkflowActivity>
   <ActivityAssembly>...</ActivityAssembly>
   <ActivityType>...</ActivityType>
   <AdapterAssembly>...</AdapterAssembly>
   <AdapterType>...</AdapterType>
   <Category>...</Category>
   <ConfigurationDialogUrl>...</ConfigurationDialogUrl>
   <Description>...</Description>
   <DocumentLibrariesOnly>...</DocumentLibrariesOnly>
   <HandlerUrl>...</HandlerUrl>
   <Icon>...</Icon>
   <Name>...</Name>
   <ShowInCommonActions>...</ShowInCommonActions>
   <ToolboxIcon>...</ToolboxIcon>
   <WarningIcon>...</WarningIcon>
</NintexWorkflowActivity>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic Description
Data type and length None
Default value None
Cardinality 1..1: Required element that occurs only once.

Element Relationships

Relationship Element
Parent elements None
Child elements ActivityAssembly, ActivityType, AdapterAssembly, AdapterType, Category, ConfigurationDialogUrl, Description, DocumentLibrariesOnly, HandlerUrl, Icon, Name, ShowInCommonActions, ToolboxIcon, WarningIcon

Remarks

This element is the root element of a Nintex Workflow action (.nwa) file, used to provide metadata for custom actions in Nintex Workflow 2013.

Example

The following example contains the metadata for the ExecuteSqlCommand sample action.

<NintexWorkflowActivity>
	<Name>Custom SQL action</Name>
	<Category>Custom Actions</Category>
	<Description>A custom action to run a SQL command</Description>
	<ActivityType>MyCompany.WorkflowActivities.ExecuteSqlActivity</ActivityType>
	<ActivityAssembly>MyCompany.WorkflowActivities, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=e5daa473dcec272b</ActivityAssembly>
	<AdapterType>MyCompany.NintexWorkflowActions.ExecuteSqlActionAdapter</AdapterType>
	<AdapterAssembly>MyCompany.NintexWorkflowActions, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8e8490bab64b4ec6</AdapterAssembly>
	<HandlerUrl>ActivityServer.ashx</HandlerUrl>
	<Icon>/_layouts/NintexWorkflow/CustomActions/ExecuteSqlAction/Images/ExecuteSqlActionIcon.png</Icon>
	<ToolboxIcon>/_layouts/NintexWorkflow/CustomActions/ExecuteSqlAction/Images/ExecuteSqlActionIconSmall.png</ToolboxIcon>
	<ConfigurationDialogUrl>CustomActions/ExecuteSqlAction/ExecuteSqlActionDialog.aspx</ConfigurationDialogUrl>
	<ShowInCommonActions>yes</ShowInCommonActions>
	<DocumentLibrariesOnly>no</DocumentLibrariesOnly>
</NintexWorkflowActivity>

See Also

Concepts

Action definition files

Reference

Action Definition File XML Reference