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Developing an Application
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Download a file through browser

 

Developing an Application

 

Applies only to Traditional Web Apps and Reactive Web Apps

 

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Download a file through browser

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You can send binary content to the browser, which makes the browser initiate the download. In some browsers or devices the download may begin immediately, while some first open a save dialog.

To send the file to the browser, use the Download Tool, and pass it the values for:

  • File Content - the binary content of the file
  • File Name - the name of the file that will be downloaded

For example, you can create a DownloadImageOnClick Action that takes the image binary and file name as the input parameters, and then pass those parameters to the Download Tool at the end of the Flow:

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