# After Effects Prompt Dialog Action With the help of the After Effects Prompt Dialog Action a message can be sent to a user asking him to enter a value. If the message is confirmed with "YES", the node is successful. If the message is canceled with "NO", the node will fail. The value to be entered by the user can be saved by default, but can also be overwritten. This value is available in the stream via the wildcard {stream.last\_result}. The message is sent to the hidden After Effects control panel and uses an Extendscript feature provided by After Effects. This means that it is only possible to send a message to a user if he triggers an action via the Helmut4 control panel and is the executing user at the same time e.g. when exporting. If the export is to be carried out on a dedicated rendering computer (setting in the profile), this is of course not possible, since the user who accepts the job is then not the user who sent the job. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.helmut.de/helmut4-releases/v4.6.0/helmut4-components/streamdesigner/nodes/actions/after-effects/after-effects-prompt-dialog-action.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.