Message box:
This activity is used when the user wants to display or notify the output from certain activities such as extracted data/ bot action. This appears after running the respective activity.
Technical Reference:
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INPUT
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ExpirySecs: This specifies the time in seconds so that the pop-up disappears when the defined time expires. This is not a mandatory field. |
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InputString: This specifies the value that needs to appear as a pop-up. There are two methods to provide the message: · By directly providing the required text in the field · By assigning the text to a variable and passing the variable to the desired field |
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MessageTitle: This requires the title of the message box. |
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MISC |
Display Name: Displays the name of the activity. You can also customize the activity name to help troubleshoot issues faster. This name will be used for logging purposes. |
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SkipOnError: It specifies whether to continue executing the workflow even if it throws an error. This supports only Boolean value “True or False”. By default, it is set to “False.” True: Continues the workflow to the next step False: Stops the workflow and throws an error. |
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Version: It specifies the version of the web automation feature in use |
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OUTPUT |
Result: Declare and assign variable to return “SkipOnError” result. |
* Mandatory fields to execute the workflow.
Purposes of message box:
The Message box activity helps to view the output from one activity after collecting the inputs. It also can be designed to perform as notification alert or warning message between the activities.
Example:
Here we are going to automate a message box.
To build the process,
1. Open a project and create a workflow.
2. Search for Messagebox activity and drag and drop it to the workflow.
3. Double click on the activity.
4. Enter the input value within the double quotes or you can enter the string variable.
5. Give a title to the Message box.
The bot creates a message box with the input value.