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Select Multiple Files
by Internal Labs
2
Activity
1.5k
Summary
Summary
Consists of a custom activity to select multiple files from different folders in case of Attended Automation
Overview
Overview
The Inputs to the activity are as follows:
1.Input: Filter Expression(string): if the user has to be restricted to select only particular file types then this property can be used.
The default value is "All Files|*.*|Word Files|*.doc|Excel Files|*.xlsx|PDF Files|*.pdf"
e.g. If only PDF selection is required the filter expression would be "PDF Files|*.pdf"
2.Input: Select From different folders (boolean) :if the files to be selected are present in different folders this has to be checked.
If checked after selecting the files from 1 folder, the user would get a prompt should he needs more files.
The Output is the following: Selected files (List) - the activity returns a list of file-paths (string) which are selected by the user.
Note: Duplicate selections are automatically removed from the output list by the activity. In case no files are selected, the list would be empty.
Features
Features
The activity prompts the user with an open file dialog where he can select multiple files to be processed. The activity returns a list of string having the file-paths of the files selected by the user. This is required in case of attended automation if the user wants to select more than one file which is required to be processed at once by the attended robot.
Additional Information
Additional Information
Dependencies
NA
Code Language
Visual Basic
Runtime
Windows Legacy (.Net Framework 4.6.1)
Technical
Version
1.0.0Updated
February 18, 2020Works with
Studio: 16.2 - 22.10
Certification
Silver Certified
Tags
Support
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