# PDF file download from Perspective app

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pdf-file-download-from-perspective-app/34486>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [May 6, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pdf-file-download-from-perspective-app/34486 "2020-05-06T15:49:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bharghavi.balagopal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8dc957/32.png) [@bharghavi.balagopal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bharghavi.balagopal)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pdf-file-download-from-perspective-app/34486/1 "2020-05-06T15:49:18Z")

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I have a PDF file on the Ignition Server. I can access the pdf and download using system.perspective.download(). But the download works only on the browser, it is not working from the perspective app. Am I missing anything ?

Code Snippet :filename = ‘Test.pdf’  
filepath = ‘E:\Ignition\webserver\webapps\main’ + ‘\’ + filename  
data = system.file.readFileAsBytes(filepath)  
system.perspective.download(filename,data)

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**Author:** ![Matthew.gaitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@Matthew.gaitan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matthew.gaitan)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pdf-file-download-from-perspective-app/34486/2 "2020-05-06T17:56:12Z")

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I want to say it’s not supported.

At least on Android the app doesn’t seem to request the permissions related to reading/writing files.