[MS-ASCMD]: ActiveSync Command Reference Protocol Specification

Command
request/response
Parent elements
Child
elements
Data type
Number
allowed
FolderCreate command
response (section
2.2.2.2.2)
FolderCreate
(section 2.2.3.63)
None
unsignedByte ([MS-
ASDTYPE] section
2.7)
1…1
(required)
The following table lists the status codes for the FolderCreate command (section 2.2.2.2). For
information about the scope of the status value and for status values common to all ActiveSync
commands, see section 2.2.4.
Value Meaning Cause Scope Resolution
1 Success. Server successfully completed
command.
Global
None.
2 A folder that has
this name already
exists.
The parent folder already
contains a folder that has this
name.
Item
Prompt user to supply a
unique name.
3 The specified folder
is a special system
folder.
The specified folder is a special
system folder, like the Inbox
folder, Outbox folder, Contacts
folder, Recipient information, or
Drafts folder, and cannot be
created by the client.
Item
Create a folder with a
different type.
5 The specified parent
folder was not
found.
The parent folder does not exist
on the server, possibly because
it has been deleted or renamed.
Item
Issue a FolderSync
command (section
2.2.2.4) for the new
hierarchy and prompt the
user for a new parent
folder.
6 An error occurred
on the server.
Server misconfiguration,
temporary system issue, or bad
item. This is frequently a
transient condition.
Global
Retry the FolderSync
command. If continued
attempts to
synchronization fail,
consider returning to
synchronization key zero
(0).
8 The request timed
out.
The server took too long to
respond to the request.
Global
Retry the FolderSync
command.
9 Synchronization key
mismatch or invalid
synchronization
key.
The client sent a malformed or
mismatched synchronization
key, or the synchronization state
is corrupted on the server.
Global
Delete folders added since
last synchronization and
return to synchronization
key to zero (0).
10 Malformed request. The client sent a FolderCreate
command request (section
2.2.2.2.1) that contains a
semantic error.
Global
Double-check the request
for accuracy.
11 An unknown error
occurred.
Unknown. Global. None.
12 Code unknown. Unusual back-end issue. Global None.
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ActiveSync Command Reference Protocol Specification
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Release: Tuesday, March 15, 2011