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‘message’ Method
message(String message) : void. This method will create a Message dialog.
The code example is shown below:
$dialog.message("Click OK to close dialog")
The output will be as follows:
Message dialog.
‘confirm’ Method
confirm(String message) : boolean. This method will create a Confirmation dialog. It will return the Boolean value ‘true’ when you click 
or ‘false’ when you click 
in the dialog.
The code example is shown below:
#if($dialog.confirm("Do you want to generate section A?"))
#end
The output will be as follows:
Confirmation dialog.
‘input’ Method
Input dialog with text
input(String message) : String. This method will create an Input dialog from a message. It will return the input values as Strings when you click or ‘null’ when you click in the dialog.
The code example is shown below:
#set ($userText = $dialog.input("Enter your name"))
#if ($userText)
Your name is $userText
#else
Please specify your name
#end
The output will be as follows:
Input dialog with text.
Input dialog with text and initial value
input(String message, String initialValue) : String. This method will create a message and add an initial value in an Input dialog. It will return the input values as Strings when you click or ‘null’ when you click .
The code example is shown below:
#set ($userText = $dialog.input("Enter a date", "Sep28,2016"))
Date is $userText
The output will be as follows:
The Input dialog with text and an initial value.
Input dialog with text and initial value Array
input(String message, Collection options) : String. This method will create a message and add initial value arrays in an Input dialog. It will return the input values as Strings when you click or ‘null’ when you click .
The code example is shown below:
#set ($selectedOption = $dialog.input("Choose your favorite fruit", ["Apple", "Orange", "Banana"]))
Your favorite fruit is $selectedOption
The output will be as follows:
Input dialog with text and initial value arrays.
‘sort’ Method
Sort and Enable dialog
sort(Collection list) : Collection. This method will create a Sort and Enable dialog from collections. It will return a collection of the newly sorted results when you click or return the original collection when you click .
The code example is shown below:
#foreach ($diagram in $dialog.sort($Diagram)) $diagram.name #end
The output will be as follows:
Sort and Enable dialog.
Sort and Enable dialog with text
sort(String message, Collection list). This method will create a Sort and Enable dialog from text and collections. It will return a collection of the newly sorted results when you click or return the original collection when you click .
The code example is shown below:
#foreach ($diagram in $dialog.sort("Rearrange diagram for presentation report",$Diagram))
$diagram.name
#end
The output will be as follows:
Sort and Enable dialog with text.
'select' Method
Default Selection dialog
select(Collection list) : Collection. This method will create a Selection dialog from a collection. Items in the collection will be listed in the Selection dialog. You can select the items and click to return a collection of the selected items or null when you click .
The code example is shown below:
#foreach ($class in $dialog.select($Diagram)) $diagram.name #end
The output will be as follows:
Selection dialog.
Selection dialog with a title
select(Collection list, String title) : Collection. This method will create a Selection dialog with a specified dialog title. The default Selection dialog title is Selection. You can select the items and click to return a collection of the selected items or null if you click .
The code example is shown below:
#foreach ($diagram in $dialog.select($Diagram, "Selection Dialog")) $diagram.name #end
The output will be as follows:
Selection dialog with title.
Selection dialog without selection
select(Collection list, String title, Boolean defaultSelected) : Collection. This method will create a Selection dialog from the collection without selecting the items in the dialog. You can specify whether all listed items will be selected or not. The default value for defaultSelected is true. Otherwise, all listed items will not be selected. You can select the items and click to return a collection of the selected items or null if you click .
The code example is shown below:
#foreach ($diagram in $dialog.select($Diagram, "Selection unchecked Dialog", false)) $diagram.name #end
The output will be as follows:
Selection dialog without selection.
Selection dialog with description text
select(Collection list, String title, Boolean defaultSelected, String dialogText) : Collection. This method will create a Selection dialog from the collection. You can insert description text in the dialog to show the dialog behavior or more details of the listed items. The default value for the dialogText String is null. You can select the items and click to return a collection of the selected items or null if you click .
The code example is shown below:
#foreach ($diagram in $dialog.select($Diagram,“Select all feature”, false, "Please select your required element")) $diagram.name #end
The output will be as follows:
