UI Activities

Version: 1.0.0  ·  ID: zoan-packages-ui  ·  Author: Zoan Software

The UI package displays dialogs on the screen to interact with the person who is using the bot: display a message or ask for information. It is used for assisted automations, where a human participates at some point.

Only for attended mode

These activities display a window and wait for a user to respond. Therefore, they only make sense in attended mode (with a person in front of the screen). In an unattended run (a server with no one present), the bot would be stuck waiting for a response that never comes. Don’t use dialogs in automatic processes; to log information use Log, and to stop a problem use Throw.

Activities

Activity	Type	Output	What it does
Message Box	message-box	string	Shows a message and returns the button pressed
Input Dialog	input-dialog	string	Requests a text from the user and returns it

Next steps

• Message Box — display a notice or ask for confirmation.
• Input Dialog — request data.