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how to access Mendix code files?

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We have an internal tool that generates technical documentation from C# and Java code files. I understand that the Mendix IDE converts pages and Microflows into a Java codebase during compilation. We would like to access the Java codebase of a Mendix application to generate technical documentation to share with our client. Could you please provide the steps to access Mendix code files?

asked 2024-12-19

Saravanan Palanivelu

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Stephan Bruijnis · Accepted Answer · 2024-12-19

The Mendix Deployment Archive (.mda) you create for deployment contains the model (and Java codebase) that is run on the server. You could open this file as it is basically a .zip file and look at the contents (mainly the model).

However I doubt this will provide any useful documentation to the client, my recommendation would be to use the documentation fields available in Mendix and use the Export documentation feature (App Explorer > Right click on App 'ProjectName' > Export Documentation) . This will create documentation for all the project documents and its added information (the domain models, logic: nanoflows, microflows, java and javascript actions, the annotations and documentation fields)