How to create Select Box(Dropdown) and Check Box as an Input Argument in Library

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Hello Everyone,

I want to create a dropdown box as an IN argument(like we do for string, int args) to my custom library. I don’t find the solution here. Can anyone guide me how to do that?

And also i want show IN arg textboxes(number of string IN args) based on the option selected in dropdown.

Thanks in advance!!!

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Hi @Gopi_Arumugam , have you found a solution for this?

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Sorry! i didn’t. It would be great if anyone share the ideas.

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You can’t. You can only use primitive datatypes like string, int, etc.

“Dropdown” isn’t a datatype. It’s a type of UI control.

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Thanks for the response. So, isn’t it possible to build library having dropdown to pass only few set of inputs? We have seen it in many custom activities if i am not wrong.

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If you’re developing the activity in Visual Studio, I think you can. But doing it as a XAML based custom activity, you can’t.

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Not sure if anyone is still looking for this solution but there is now a way to create a drop-down list an an In Argument for Library Activities… If you right-click the activity in the ‘Project Panel’ and go to ‘Activity Layout’ you should have the option to change the Input Type for the string argument. There are other options depending on the Argument Type like Radio Buttons as well. Hope this helps someone. @Gopi_Arumugam @tranthao240495

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What version of studio are you using? I only see the top 3 options for a String datatype.

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