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Got "Exception retrieving custom activity info - Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation" error when Registering a Custom Workflow

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Posted on by Peter Cong 137

I am using CRM on-premise,  I have no problem to register a new plugin, but I got this error when I registering a  new custom Work flow.

"Exception retrieving custom activity info - Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation"

I selected Isolation mode to "Sandbox", and Specify location to "Database",

Does anybody know what is wrong with my Registration process?

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    Peter Cong 137 on at

    here is the details error message:

    Unhandled Exception: System.ServiceModel.FaultException`1[[Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationServiceFault, Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35]]: Exception retrieving custom activity info - Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.

    Detail: <OrganizationServiceFault xmlns="schemas.microsoft.com/.../Contracts" xmlns:i="www.w3.org/.../XMLSchema-instance">

     <ActivityId>77be9dbf-0c0c-41aa-a0ea-1f0cbfc886a5</ActivityId>

     <ErrorCode>-2147200995</ErrorCode>

     <ErrorDetails xmlns:a="schemas.datacontract.org/.../System.Collections.Generic" />

     <HelpLink i:nil="true" />

     <Message>Exception retrieving custom activity info - Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.</Message>

     <Timestamp>2020-09-23T19:27:06.1668068Z</Timestamp>

     <ExceptionRetriable>false</ExceptionRetriable>

     <ExceptionSource i:nil="true" />

     <InnerFault>

       <ActivityId>77be9dbf-0c0c-41aa-a0ea-1f0cbfc886a5</ActivityId>

       <ErrorCode>-2147200995</ErrorCode>

       <ErrorDetails xmlns:a="schemas.datacontract.org/.../System.Collections.Generic" />

       <HelpLink i:nil="true" />

       <Message>Exception retrieving custom activity info - Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.</Message>

       <Timestamp>2020-09-23T19:27:06.1668068Z</Timestamp>

       <ExceptionRetriable>false</ExceptionRetriable>

       <ExceptionSource i:nil="true" />

       <InnerFault i:nil="true" />

       <OriginalException i:nil="true" />

       <TraceText i:nil="true" />

     </InnerFault>

     <OriginalException i:nil="true" />

     <TraceText i:nil="true" />

    </OrganizationServiceFault>

    Server stack trace:

      at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.HandleReply(ProxyOperationRuntime operation, ProxyRpc& rpc)

      at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.Call(String action, Boolean oneway, ProxyOperationRuntime operation, Object[] ins, Object[] outs, TimeSpan timeout)

      at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.InvokeService(IMethodCallMessage methodCall, ProxyOperationRuntime operation)

      at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.Invoke(IMessage message)

    Exception rethrown at [0]:

      at Microsoft.Crm.Tools.Libraries.RegistrationHelper.RegisterPlugin(CrmOrganization org, CrmPlugin plugin)

      at Microsoft.Crm.Tools.AssemblyRegistration.PluginRegistrationViewModel.btnregisterClick()

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    Bipin D365 Profile Picture
    Bipin D365 28,985 Moderator on at

    Hi,

    Check below points.

    Make sure other assemblies doesn’t have the same name

    Sometime, Assembly which u tried to register get failed but the reference will be there. Unregister the reference and try again.

    Still, Try changing the major version of the assembly and register

    bidynamics365.com/

    Please mark my answer verified if i were helpful

  • Peter Cong Profile Picture
    Peter Cong 137 on at

    Hi Bipin, thanks a lot for your help,

    I had checked that, there is not other assemblies with same name. The error occurred when registering a custom workflow at the beginning first time. not sure how to check reference. I have no issue to register a new plug in.

  • Peter Cong Profile Picture
    Peter Cong 137 on at

    can anybody help please? thanks

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    sdfasdf Profile Picture
    sdfasdf 842 on at

    Hello,

    I would encourage you to collect platform traces while experimenting this issue to review the call stack. To enable tracing, please refer to this article: support.microsoft.com/.../how-to-enable-tracing-in-microsoft-dynamics-crm

    Once you get the platform traces, you can correlate the error message you got in Plugin Registration Tool via ActivityId and the time stamp. That should point you in the right direction to fix the issue.

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    Peter Cong 137 on at
    [quote user="Peter Cong"]

    I am using CRM on-premise,  I have no problem to register a new plugin, but I got this error when I registering a  new custom Work flow.

    "Exception retrieving custom activity info - Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation"

    I selected Isolation mode to "Sandbox", and Specify location to "Database",

    Does anybody know what is wrong with my Registration process?

    [/quote]

    Thanks a lot for all help, this issue is resolved. the issue was caused by the version of .NET framework selected to create Custom workflow activity was using the high version number: 4.8, instead, I have to choose 4.5.2 version to match the current on-premise version my company is using. And the associated reference files Microsoft.workflow must choose lower version number (7.xxx), Not 9.0 version to make it compatible.

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    Abanoub_D365 Profile Picture
    Abanoub_D365 95 on at
    Hi Peter Could you please declare ur on prem version

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