Prompt Activity

Description:

Displays a prompt dialog in a client application.

Inheritance Hierarchy:

System.Object
  System.Activities.Activity
    System.Activities.NativeActivity
      Geocortex.Workflow.Activities.ExternalActivityBase
        Geocortex.Workflow.Activities.Prompt

Function:

This activity prompts the user to enter text using a single-line text box.

In a Workflow:

The Prompt activity is a quick way to get a single piece of information from the user without resorting to the more heavy-weight Display Form activity. This activity does not perform any validation.

Properties:

Name Description

In Arguments

Default Text

The text of the Prompt dialog.

Description

The description on the Prompt dialog.

Title

The title of the Prompt dialog.

Misc

Display Name

Prompt

You can change the name of an activity to one that describes what it does. A descriptive name can make a workflow easier to interpret and maintain.

External Id

An activity handler within a client can reference this particular activity using this external identifier.

Out Arguments

Result

The result of the Prompt dialog.

Version Information:

Supported from: Geocortex Essentials 3.0, Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight 1.0, Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 1.0.