Multiple Files (System.FileDocument) download in client side in Mendix

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Hi All, I am looking for help in downloading multiple files ( list of System.FileDocument) with a button click ( obviously with a Microflow to retrieve the list). I have tried Mendix inbuilt downloader in a loop which isn’t a good idea. it didnt work, it is not working consistently .   I have tried some Java where I can get for the server side download if we provide path. But I want this to be downloaded to User’s downloads folder. Any help would be much appreciated.
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You can achieve what you want by separating the microflow actions by calling them separately from a nanoflow.

This will request the user to allow the application to download multiple files. 

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Hi Nagendran,

Perhaps you can try to zip them and then download the zip file?

Hope this helps!

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Thanks Johan. Unfortunately, my requirement is to have individual files to be downloaded in to users’ machine.

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AFAIK downloading multiple files is not possible in Mendix.

Creating a zip file is an alternative, is there a particular reason this will not work in your case?

Alternatives i see are to ftp the files to a share that the client has access to or to send the files to sharepoint. The client can then download the files from sharepoint.

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Hi,


Try out Siemen developed Market module - Download Bulkd Files.


Download this module from Market Module.

Add a button that calls a nanoflow.

Pass the File's Parent object into the nano flow.

Inside Nanoflow -> Retrive the files from parent object and add the javascript available from the Download Buk Files module.



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