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# Show Message Box

This action can be used to display a message box directly on the screen. The displayed message represents a text or a C# expression. 

## **Properties**

![](/files/-MfgGgxO2Ry6ifMTteCM)

### **Input**

**Output**: the variable, text, or C# expression which will be displayed in the message box. 

{% hint style="info" %}
The expression must not end with a semicolon as the interpreter escapes the string automatically.  

The following expression is valid:

**DateTime.Now\.ToString(“HH-mm-ss”)**

Also, note that the full namespace for the C# DateTime.Now the structure is used without the System namespace. Other less used classes or functions should use this naming convention.
{% endhint %}

### **Misc**

* **Display Name**: action display name in your implementation project
* **Wait Before**: number milliseconds robot to wait before executing the action.
* **Wait After:** number milliseconds robot to wait until moving to the next action.
* **Abort on Error**: True/False
* **Retry Times**: Specifies the number of times to retry an action if it doesn't end successfully. Default value 0 (no retry); Use -1 if you want to retry indefinitely. 

## **Use Case**

### **Potential Use Cases**

* Display the name of the file that will be processed
* Display the number of invoices received by email in the last 24h
* Display sum, average, min and max amount from a table

### **Examples of Using Show Message Box**

**Example**

In this example, the robot will display a message showing the current year.

Watch the robot in action:

{% embed url="<https://youtu.be/ZL2Re1kNXLk>" %}

You can see how the **Show Message Box** activity is used in an example that incorporates multiple activities. You can check and download the example from here:

{% file src="/files/-MT2PUOEQUkXBPB6EuFP" %}
Show Message Box sample project
{% endfile %}

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