Files added in Parent WF not accessible in child

Hi Iam getting this error when I tried to add files to the dummytask in a nested workflow:

Invalid workflow:
ERROR: Could not add files to task DummyStart
ERROR: \none is not a valid area
ERROR: 02007: No workarea found
I found a link in the DevNet forum where i learnt that "Not being able to add files to a dummytask is correct (bug in the DTD that it mentions that - just filed #34450) - the reason is that the dummytask does not contain an areavpath element, and as such there is no path to base the list of files from."
How can I attach files to the nested workflow so that I can access them ?
Thanks.

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Migrateduser

You're talking about apples and oranges. You can't attach files to a dummytask. But being able to have your nested workflow contain the files from the parent is built in functionality (I have tested and verified this). Check the iw_file global variable in your child workflow once it is spawned from the parent. The filelist should be in there.

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