Question

Why i am facing an issue while doing export to excel on Mendix Cloud.On Edge Browser file is getting downloaded as file.htm

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Hi, I am exporting my data into excel.Now while exporting my file it is getting downloaded as file.htm instead of .xls format.This is happening on edge browser but the same thing is working on chrome.Could anybody help me on this why this is happening ?what exactly i need to do to fix this issue?

asked 2021-12-24

Jaya Mishra

5 answers

Jaya Mishra · Answer 1 · 2021-12-24

Hi Leon de Kuiper,

I am using download file(standard microflow action)java action from a module.

Firas Sardast · Answer 2 · 2021-12-24

Are you setting the extension in the Name attribute of the FileDocument object? To do that, just do a change on the FileDocument object and set the Name to “File.xls”.

Jaya Mishra · Answer 3 · 2021-12-27

Hi Firas Sardast,

I am using following MF for exporting into excel file could you please let me know what changes do i have to do exactly?

Jeffrey Draaijer · Answer 4 · 2023-02-27

Hi,

Try to disable the checkbox “Show file in browser instead of downloading, if possible” in the Download File activity.

I believe that something goes wrong in the if possible part for the Edge and Opera browsers.

Cheers,

Jeffrey

Anand Bhandari · Answer 5 · 2025-10-14

To solve this, issue please uncheck the Action checkbox from "Download File" activity in microflow Screenshot 2025-10-14 174832.png