How to keep a dialog open while test is running

Eggplant Functional
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I would like to keep a dialog (answer dialog with couple buttons) open while the test is running. I tried doing it with the answer command, but it pauses the test until I press a button. I want Eggplant to ignore and run the test until some button is pressed.
Is it possible to have a dialog like that?

It would be nice if I can just press a button like “Generate Report” on that dialog and it just give me a report in the middle of the test.

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Currently the Ask and Answer commands wait for user input before continuing, so the text entered or button clicked is available to the script. So, there isn’t a way to do what you’re asking right now.

We’ll take this as a feature request for a future version though. Thanks for the suggestion!