Activity.GetActivityByName Method   
Definition
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Returns the instance of the Activity whose name is requested from the set of all activities running under the root activity of this instance that is within the workflow.
Overloads
| GetActivityByName(String) | Returns the instance of the Activity whose name is requested from the set of all activities running under the root activity of this instance, which is within the workflow. | 
| GetActivityByName(String, Boolean) | Returns the instance of the Activity whose name is requested from the set of all activities under the root the Activity of this instance if the second parameter is  | 
Remarks
Calling GetActivityByName from within the constructor of a custom activity is not supported and can have unexpected results.
GetActivityByName(String)
Returns the instance of the Activity whose name is requested from the set of all activities running under the root activity of this instance, which is within the workflow.
public:
 System::Workflow::ComponentModel::Activity ^ GetActivityByName(System::String ^ activityQualifiedName);public System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Activity GetActivityByName(string activityQualifiedName);member this.GetActivityByName : string -> System.Workflow.ComponentModel.ActivityPublic Function GetActivityByName (activityQualifiedName As String) As ActivityParameters
Returns
The instance of the Activity whose name is requested from the set of all activities running under the root activity of this instance.
Exceptions
activityQualifiedID is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
Remarks
Calling GetActivityByName from within the constructor of a custom activity is not supported and can have unexpected results.
Applies to
GetActivityByName(String, Boolean)
public:
 System::Workflow::ComponentModel::Activity ^ GetActivityByName(System::String ^ activityQualifiedName, bool withinThisActivityOnly);public System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Activity GetActivityByName(string activityQualifiedName, bool withinThisActivityOnly);member this.GetActivityByName : string * bool -> System.Workflow.ComponentModel.ActivityPublic Function GetActivityByName (activityQualifiedName As String, withinThisActivityOnly As Boolean) As ActivityParameters
- withinThisActivityOnly
- Boolean
The value that indicates whether to limit the search to activities contained within this instance.
Returns
The instance of the Activity whose name is requested from the set of all activities under the root the Activity of this instance if the second parameter is false and under the current Activity if the second parameter is true.
Exceptions
activityQualifiedID is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
Remarks
Returns the instance of the Activity whose name is requested from the set of all activities under the root the Activity of this instance if the second parameter is false and under the current Activity if the second parameter is true.
Calling GetActivityByName from within the constructor of a custom activity is not supported and can have unexpected results.