# User Input Dialog

This action allows the users to input a value to a dialog window, a value that can be assigned to a variable.

## **Properties**

![](/files/-MfgXNUD8LUdmUE4FSW3)

### **Input**

* **Message:** the message that will be displayed in the input dialog box
* **Title:** set a title to the input dialog box 
* **Is Password:**
  * True: the value input by the user is a password
  * False: the value input by the user is NOT a password

### **Output**

* Output: name of the variable used to store the user's input.

### **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**

* Input the password of an Excel file to be open during the automation project.
* Input the day for which a report must be generated.
* Input the customer name for which an update will be performed.

### **Examples of using User Input Dialog**

Please see the video below that exemplifies the usage of the User Input Dialog activity.

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JxeFMbjSOA&feature=emb_title>" %}

You can see how the **User Input Dialog** activity is used in an example that incorporates multiple activities. You can check and download the example from here:

{% file src="/files/-MT5rO55\_uwhZXtkcOn1" %}
User Input Dialog sample project
{% endfile %}

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