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Terms Attribute In Microsoft Bot Framework

In this article, we will discuss the "Terms" attribute in Microsoft Bot framework.

Purpose

Consider a scenario, where you have asked the user to select their marital status. Instead of clicking any button in the card, you want the user to enter the option using the keyword.

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In the above case, the user has to enter the complete text. To address this concern, you can use the "Terms" attribute.

Using Terms Attribute

You can add the "Terms" attribute in the "Marital Status" Enum.

public enum MaritalStatus { [Terms("^M[a-z]*")]
	Married,
	Unmarried,
	Single
}

Once the above code is implemented, the user can enter any word starting from the alphabet "M".

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Tuesday, October 13, 2020

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