How to Use UiPath for Custom HTML Input | UiPath Custom Input Activity Explained

Looking to enhance your UiPath automation with fully customizable user input forms? In this tutorial, we take a deep dive into UiPath Custom Input Activity, where we design and customize an HTML form to collect user inputs dynamically. We will use VS Code to modify and personalize the form to suit specific automation needs.

:small_blue_diamond: What You Will Learn:
:white_check_mark: What the UiPath Custom Input Activity is and how it works
:white_check_mark: How to create a fully interactive HTML form (form.html) for UiPath automation
:white_check_mark: How to use VS Code to customize your form to collect user details (First Name, Last Name, Age, Email, etc.)
:white_check_mark: How to integrate JavaScript into your form for enhanced user experience
:white_check_mark: How to return structured JSON data from the form back to UiPath
:white_check_mark: Parsing the JSON output in UiPath to store First Name, Last Name, Age, and Email into individual variables
:white_check_mark: Real-world use cases for Custom Input in RPA

:small_blue_diamond: Why This Matters:
The Custom Input Activity in UiPath is a powerful way to gather structured user input, allowing for interactive forms rather than standard Input Dialog boxes. By learning how to customize these forms, you can create user-friendly and professional automation workflows. Whether you’re designing an internal data collection form, an approval request, or even an automated registration system, this technique will take your UiPath skills to the next level.

:small_blue_diamond: Topics Covered in Detail:
:small_orange_diamond: VS Code for HTML and JavaScript editing
:small_orange_diamond: Writing and modifying form.html for UiPath Custom Input
:small_orange_diamond: Understanding how window.external.setResult() sends data back to UiPath
:small_orange_diamond: Expanding your form with additional fields and buttons

By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have a fully working custom HTML input form that seamlessly integrates with UiPath, and you’ll know how to customize it for any business requirement.

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