Use the SaveFileDialog component

Save a file to a folder using the SaveFileDialog component in the RPA Desktop Design Studio. By default, the component opens the last file dialog you had opened.

Before you begin

Role required: none

About this task

There are properties that you configure for the SaveFileDialog component. For more information, see Dialog component properties.

Procedure

  1. In the Toolbox pane, navigate to Utilities>Dialogs.
  2. Drag the SaveFileDialog component onto the Design surface.
  3. To open the last file dialog you had opened, right-click the SaveFileDialog component bar.
  4. Click Run From Here.
  5. In the Save As dialog, enter the name of the file in the File name field.
  6. Click Save.
    The Result (Boolean) and FileName (String) returns the Boolean response to whether you had opened a file and the file name and path respectively.
  7. Connect the data and control ports of SaveFileDialog to the corresponding ports of other components.
    Table 1. SaveFileDialog - Ports
    Port typePurpose of connectionMandatory?
    Data Out (Result) Passes the boolean response to whether the file was saved to the next component. Yes
    Data Out (Filename) Passes the name of the file that you saved and the path to the file to the next component. Yes
    Control In Passes the control from the previously executed component. Yes
    Control Out Passes the control from the Get Text component to the next component to be executed. Yes
  8. (Optional) To test the component, click Run under the DESIGN tab.