SetState Activity in SharePoint Sequential Workflow

Workflow has some built in values like, “In Progress”, “Failed on Start”, Error Occurred”, etc. The integer value for MAX is 15. The values from 0 to 14 are reserved for internal and built-in values such as InProgress, Completed, Error Occurred etc. 

First we must open the Elements.xml file and place the code below:

<ExtendedStatusColumnValues>

        <StatusColumnValue>Pending</StatusColumnValue>

        <StatusColumnValue>Started</StatusColumnValue>

        <StatusColumnValue>Phase First Completed</StatusColumnValue>

        <StatusColumnValue>On Last Stage</StatusColumnValue>

        <StatusColumnValue>Completed</StatusColumnValue>

  </ExtendedStatusColumnValues>

Let us assume that your "SetState" activity name is "InitialState". When you double click on the "SetState" activity, insert the line below in the code window:

InitialState.State = (Int32)SPWorkflowStatus.MAX;

The integer value for MAX is 15.