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Using Launch UI Interactions

Use launch UI interactions to launch a UI application. The application should be related to the current task being performed.

The following shows how to specify launch UI interactions in your manifest. For details on the contents of a launch UI interaction, see the LaunchUIInteraction complex type.

    <Interactions>
        <SingleResponseInteractions/>
        <MultipleResponseInteractions/>
        <TextInteractions/>
        <PauseInteractions/>

        <LaunchUIInteractions>
            <LaunchUIInteraction>
                <Parameters>
                    <Parameter>
                        <Name>arg</Name>
                        <DefaultValue/>
                    </Parameter>
                </Parameters>
                <CommandLine>%windir%\System32\Notepad.exe %arg%</CommandLine>
                <ID>LaunchNotepad</ID>
                <DisplayInformation>
                    <Parameters/>
                    <Name>Launch text editor</Name>
                    <Description/>
                </DisplayInformation>
                <ContextParameters/>
                <ExtensionPoint>
                    <NoCache/>
                </ExtensionPoint>
            </LaunchUIInteraction>
        </LaunchUIInteractions>
    </Interactions>

The following shows how to invoke the previous interaction in a script.

Get-DiagInput -Id "LaunchNotepad" -Parameter @{"arg"="FULLPATHGOESHERE"}