Open Modeled Dialog

Function:

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

Tool Attribute:

Attribute	Type	Description
Title [O]	String (multi-line)	Specifies the title of a dialog.
Description [O]	String (multi-line)	Specifies the description of a dialog.
Dialog Type	Selection	Specifies whether an input or an output dialog is opened. Allowed values are Input Dialog or 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.

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 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 are output. Read-only if the UI Editable attribute is set to `false`.	Read-only table