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Open Modeled Dialog

Function:

This tool opens a dialog to make user inputs possible and to return tool outputs to the user.

Tool Attribute:

Attribute Type Meaning
Title [O] String The title of a dialog
Description [O] String The description of a dialog.
Dialog Type Selection Specifies whether an input or an output dialog will be opened. Allowed values areInput Dialogor Output Dialog.
Validate Action [O] Action Descriptor The validate action is used to validate dialog fields before sending the values to the next tool.

Parameters:

Input parameters generate dialog fields.

Output parameters are not used.

An input dialog sample

Every input parameter of a Dialog-Tool descriptor generates a dialog box field when executed. The appearance of a dialog box field changes depending on whether a property or a file descriptor is referenced by a parameter. This is shown in more detail in the following table.

Parameter reference Dialog field Input Dialog Dialog field Output Dialog
Property

(Type = String)

Combo box

Text input or selection of the last user inputs

Single-line read-only text field
Property

(Type = Boolean)

Check box Read-only check box
Property

(Type = Select Value)

Combo box

Selection of modeled property values

Single-line read-only text field
Property

(Type = Date)

Combo box with Calendar button and selection of the last user inputs Single-line read-only text field
Property

(Type = Password)

Password field Single-line read-only text field. All characters are replaced by asterisks.
Property

(Type = Time)

Time selection field Single-line read-only text field
Property

(Type = TextArea)

Multi-line text field with “remaining lines” indicator Multi-line read-only text field
Property

(Type = TextArray)

Selection list

A “Retrieve All Values” action is required for the TextArray property for populating the selection list.

 
Property

(Type = Numeric)

Combo box with number validation and selection of last user inputs. If the attribute Value_min_length was set to 2 or higher, leading zeros are added on dialog box confirmation. Single-line read-only text field
File Descriptor

(Unstructured)

  Multi-line read-only text field with the option of opening the content in an editor after the end of the dialog box.
File Descriptor

(Structure = Table)

Table in which one row can be marked. All the properties of the marked row will be output. Read-only if the UI Editable attribute is set to false. Read-only table
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