Insert checkbox in properties panel as user input for custom activities

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Hi!

If anyone was curious how to use a checkbox on the properties panel for a custom activity, apply the following code (replace “Close_Application” for your use case):

    // Check to close word (all documents will be closed)
    // Uncheck to close only the document in question and word app remains open
    [Category("Options")]
    [DefaultValue(false)]
    public bool Close_Application
    {
        get;
        set;
    }

And then simply use your checkbox boolean like so:
if (Close_Application)
{
// Do your stuff
}

Note that InArgument will render a textbox, not a checkbox!

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Could you give me a complete sample code?
I want to learn how to binding this bool value in the designer.xaml,thanks!

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See below. It either closes an active word document, or it closes the word application.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Activities;
using System.ComponentModel;
using Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.IO;

namespace CustomWordActivities
{
public class CloseActiveDocument : CodeActivity
{
// Check to close word (all documents will be closed)
// Uncheck to close only the document in question and word app remains open
[Category(“Options”)]
[DefaultValue(false)]
public bool CloseApp
{
get;
set;
}

    protected override void Execute(CodeActivityContext context)
    {
        try
        {
            object wordAsObject;
            Word.Application word;
            Word.Document openDocument;

            wordAsObject = System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetActiveObject("Word.Application");

            word = (Word.Application)wordAsObject;

            openDocument = word.ActiveDocument;

            if (CloseApp)
            {
                word.Quit(false);
            }
            else
            {
                openDocument.Close();
            }

        }
        catch (COMException)
        {
            throw;
        }
    }
}

}

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Thanks for your reply, but I mean I want to learn how to do this bool value in the designer. .
I have a problem with this picture. I have added resources (</sap:ActivityDesigner.Resources>) and I can’t achieve it. . .

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I got this from an older post, but this might be what you’re looking for: (WF4) Showing an InArgument<bool> as a CheckBox in the Workflow Designer Property Grid | Microsoft Learn

6

Now I use vs.community.2017, something seems different from this article, let’s study it.

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thanks @MattTheList

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Did you make a working example of this? :slight_smile:

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yes…
see my custom activity
i add HasHeader property

https://go.uipath.com/component/convert-excel-to-dictionary-key-value-pair

Thanks

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Hello everyone

can I know where can I write this code to have a drop-down list in my custom activity?