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JavaAction To Send File To PC Drive

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Hi – do these threads below Re: using Java actions to send a file to a PC drive, only work if the app ISN’T on the cloud? Just making sure. Would be great if these Java methods would work for a cloud-based app. Secondly, not sure how to feed a document as a file parameter to these Java actions … Just via a microflow parameter? https://forum.mendix.com/link/questions/3698 https://forum.mendix.com/link/questions/3073

asked 2020-01-30

Sue Lhymn

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Eric Tieniber · Answer 1 · 2020-01-30

That’s correct – a cloud-hosted app cannot interact with a user’s local network. It can only interact with the network in which the server lives. As in the other thread, you’ll need to use SFTP or an API-based solution like OneDrive, Dropbox, etc.

As for the Java action, files in Mendix are just entities that extend the System.FileDocument entity. So, to pass a document to a Java action, you simply pass the object that represents that file.