Options Tab - Configure Message Popup Step Dialog Box
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Options Tab - Configure Message Popup Step Dialog Box
Options Tab
The Options tab contains the following options:
-
Enable Response Text Box
—When you enable this option, a string control prompts the operator for a response.
- Initial Response String —The initial string that appears in the dialog box. You can use the pre-expression built-in property for the step to assign a value to this step property at run time. Click Font/Color Selection to specify the font and the background color for the response text.
- Max Response String Length —The maximum number of characters a user can input for the string. When you do not want to specify a maximum response string length, enter -1 in this control.
- Number of Visible Lines —The number of visible text lines in the response text box.
-
Display Image or Web Page
—Specifies whether to display an image (
.gif
,
.bmp
,
.ico
,
.jpg
,
.jpeg
,
.png
) or a web page (
.htm
,
.html
,
.xhtml
,
.shtml
,
.mht
,
.mhtml
,
.txt
,
.xml
,
.asp
) in the dialog box.
-
File Source
—Where the step loads the file from. You can select from the following options:
- File —A literal path to the file to load.
- File by Expression —An expression that evaluates a path to the file to load.
- Step —Import a file into the step.
-
File Source
—Where the step loads the file from. You can select from the following options:
- File Pathname —The path or expression to the file to load when you select File or File by Expression as the File Source.
- Imported Filename —The file to import when you select Step as the File Source.
-
Import
—Loads the specified file into the step when you select
Step
as the File Source.
Note If you import a web page into the step, you cannot use relative paths to external files within the web page.