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concept australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read dialogs.md

The Dialogs group of components performs basic operations on file and folder dialogs as part of an attended automation.

The components can do the following operations:

Open a file dialog to open a file based on the criteria you specify.
Open a folder dialog and then open a folder.
Save a file to a location.
Use the OpenFileDialog component
Open a file dialog from where you can open a file using the OpenFileDialog component in the RPA Desktop Design Studio.
Use the LockUIDialog component
Provide additional authentication to any step of your attended automation by using the LockUIDialog component in the RPA Desktop Design Studio application.
Use the OpenFolderDialog component
Open a folder dialog so you can open a folder from there with the OpenFolderDialog component. After opening the folder dialog, you can create a folder.
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.
Dialog component properties
Refer to the descriptions of the properties of the Dialog components. You can update the properties, if required.

Parent Topic:Utilities

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title: Dialogs
description: The Dialogs group of components performs basic operations on file and folder dialogs as part of an attended automation.
locale: en-US
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release: australia
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Utilities, Automation components, RPA Desktop Design Studio, Robotic Process Automation \(RPA\) Hub, Workflow Data Fabric]
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# Dialogs

The Dialogs group of components performs basic operations on file and folder dialogs as part of an attended automation.

The components can do the following operations:

-   Open a file dialog to open a file based on the criteria you specify.
-   Open a folder dialog and then open a folder.
-   Save a file to a location.

-   **[Use the OpenFileDialog component](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/use-utilities-dialogs-openfiledialog.md)**  
Open a file dialog from where you can open a file using the OpenFileDialog component in the RPA Desktop Design Studio.
-   **[Use the LockUIDialog component](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/use-lockuidialog.md)**  
Provide additional authentication to any step of your attended automation by using the LockUIDialog component in the RPA Desktop Design Studio application.
-   **[Use the OpenFolderDialog component](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/use-dialogs-openfolderdialog.md)**  
Open a folder dialog so you can open a folder from there with the OpenFolderDialog component. After opening the folder dialog, you can create a folder.
-   **[Use the SaveFileDialog component](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/use-utilities-dialogs-savefiledialog.md)**  
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.
-   **[Dialog component properties](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/dialog-component-properties.md)**  
Refer to the descriptions of the properties of the Dialog components. You can update the properties, if required.

**Parent Topic:**[Utilities](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/utilities.md)