Use the OpenFileDialog component

Open a file dialog from where you can open a file using the OpenFileDialog component in the RPA Desktop Design Studio.

Before you begin

Role required: none

About this task

By default, the OpenFileDialog component opens the last file dialog you had opened. You can change the file dialog location and the type of file you want to open by specifying the location and the file type.

There are properties that you configure for the OpenFileDialog component. For more information, see Dialog component properties.

Procedure

1. In the Toolbox pane, navigate to Utilities>Dialogs.

2. Drag the OpenFileDialog component onto the Design surface.

3. To open the last file dialog you had opened, right-click the OpenFileDialog component bar.

4. Click Run From Here.

5. In the Save As file dialog, select the required file and click Open.

   The Result (Boolean) and FileName (String) returns the Boolean response to whether you had opened a file and the file name and path respectively.

6. To configure the input ports, see Configure port properties.

7. Connect the data and control ports of OpenFileDialog to the corresponding ports of other components.

   Port type	Purpose of connection	Mandatory?
   Data In (Filter)	Takes the format of the file that you want to open from a previously executed component.	No. Connecting the port is optional.
   Data In (InitialDirectory)	Takes the path to the directory that contains the file you want to open from a previously executed component.	No. Connecting the port is optional.
   Data Out (Result)	Passes the Boolean response to whether you had opened a file to the next component.	Yes
   Data Out (FileName)	Passes the name of the file you had opened and its path to the next component.	Yes
   Control In	Passes the control from the previously executed component.	Yes
   Control Out	Passes the control from the Get Text component to the next component to be executed.	Yes

8. To test the component, click Run under the DESIGN tab.

Parent Topic:Dialogs