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PowerShell workflow default param string value shows error

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System Details

Operating system name and version: Windows 10 1607 x64
VS Code version: 1.11.1
PowerShell extension version: 12.2
Output from $PSVersionTable: (the code commands don’t have any output on my system?)

PS C:\> $pseditor.EditorServicesVersion

Major  Minor  Build  Revision
-----  -----  -----  --------
0      12     1      0

PS C:\> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.14393.953
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.14393.953
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

Issue Description

in powershell workflow, a string default parameter is showing an error saying it needs to be a “simple value” like an int or a string. and it is a string.

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Created 6 years ago
Comments:8

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SeeminglySciencecommented, Jan 8, 2019

@dotps1 I know you’re probably not looking for an answer anymore, but it’s because the parameter is typed as a string array. Even though the default value specified in the script is a string, it would need to first be converted to an array for the typing to match. Workflows are compiled, so they tend to be a good deal more strict than normal PowerShell.

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robe070commented, Aug 1, 2020

@dotps1 Hi Thomas, do you debug Workflows in VS Code? Can you point me at any resources that can instruct me how to do it? Thank you