Botbuilder-samples: Create a sample to show taking input attachments on a waterfall dialog

[vyomanaut]

currently as i see , the handling attachment bot sample is more of a bot sample jumping different functions , it would be a better implementation if the same can be implemented in a waterfall-dialog setting .
attachments are a key part of the chat bot experience , the one i am developing for my company's project requires this .

currently i am trying to find a way to switch bots with a waterfall ,
any guidance will help . thank you .

EDIT : Multi attachment handling isnt very clear in the handling attachment sample .

[vyomanaut]

any updates on how to do this ?

[CoHealer]

@v-kydela, can you please provide an example

[v-kydela]

Hi @vyomanaut - what kind of attachments is your bot meant to handle? You say you want your waterfall to switch bots. Does this mean you're using a virtual assistant? Are you looking for help switching bots in a waterfall or are you just looking for help implementing an attachment prompt in a waterfall?

[vyomanaut]

i have described this issue here : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58336861/how-to-access-iturn-context-functions-through-a-waterfall-dialog-in-bot-framewor

got no support there .

need to make a prototype to show my team before monday.

its meant to handle jpeg/png images . there is just a lack of samples on handling attachments . The attachmentprompt too has sparse documentation and literally no usage examples.

[v-kydela]

@vyomanaut - I have answered your question on Stack Overflow. Is it the same as your issue here or does this GitHub issue need to be solved separately?

[vyomanaut]

Just saw your answer , what i am requesting is if a sample can be made for the next release of 4.6 .
Attachments is a very critical part of the chat-bot experience .
Also very sparse documentation on attachment prompt with no examples .

[CoHealer]

@vyomanaut, it's unlikely this meets the bar for 4.6 given the time frame of that release. @cleemullins to confirm.

[vyomanaut]

can we add more examples/samples of handling attachements ?
the handling attachements sample is honestly not an ideal use case . Customers will likely want attachement funstionality in component dialogs .

also as i mentioned earlier , example demonstrating AttachmentPrompt is missing .

[marcasmar94]

@vyomanaut I have been testing AttachmentPrompts in waterfall dialog in Facebook Messenger.
When the user sends an image, the next step is not being hit.
Is anyone else experiencing this ?

[vyomanaut]

try this solution here :
https://github.com/microsoft/botframework-sdk/issues/5312

[cleemullins]

I'm open to improving the Attachment Sample. Certainly as part of the Teams work, that's on our radar. This would happen in our R7 or R8 time frame.

@vyomanaut, do you have a specific set of criteria you would like to see included?

[v-kydela]

@cleemullins - My recommendation would be to update the multi-turn prompt sample to include attachment prompts, since it has most other prompts already

[cleemullins]

@v-kydela I'm good with that. I've traiged to R7.

[vyomanaut]

definitely what Kyle has said is recommended .
Apart from that nothing else so far .
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btw , thats a cool profile picture though !, you seem to be one of ours ....

[cwhitten]

@v-kydela I've assigned you here. Can you take this with your suggested approach?

[v-kydela]

@cwhitten - Yes, you can expect a PR tomorrow. Thank you, Chris.

[v-kydela]

@cwhitten - I have submitted a PR for .NET and will look into doing Node as well

[v-kydela]

@cwhitten - I've made the changes to the Node sample now. I've requested your review.