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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Download Document Automatically</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/user-interface/22283/download-document-automatically</link><description>Hi Community, 
 
 Just wondering if there is a way to download a document automatically upon loading the user interface. Please share your thoughts. 
 
 Thanks, 
 Arun</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Download Document Automatically</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/87220?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:03:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:251b648d-d2cf-4045-b907-4f3361533cd7</guid><dc:creator>Mike Schmitt</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;a!documentDownloadLink()&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; will always require a user to click on a link.&amp;nbsp; There may be a custom / plug-in based component that acts closer to what you describe.&amp;nbsp; For certain document types (basically any unsupported extensions) attempting to load that document into &lt;em&gt;a!documentViewerField()&lt;/em&gt; will cause the browser to auto-initate a download apparently, though I wouldn&amp;#39;t count on this behavior as any sort of workaround.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>