Add zip files to cloud and access through an Axure prototype

[dibattista]

I want to upload some .zip files to the Axure Cloud and then access them (for download) via a prototype.

How do I add .zip files to the cloud? I assume once they are uploaded, I can copy the link to each file?

Thanks!

[lshillman]

There’s not a native way to do this in Axure. You’d have to host the zip file somewhere and use an “open external link” action to trigger the download.

I use a free dropbox account for this; just change the bit at the end of dropbox’s share link that says ?dl=0 to ?dl=1 to avoid sending the user to dropbox’s preview page.

EDIT: I played around with this a bit and got it to work. It’s hacky, but it does allow you to embed any arbitrary file into your prototype:

Method for embedding zip/pdf/whatever files into your RP document

It turns out that, similar to embedding base64-encoded sound files, you can pretty much embed any file you want to allow your user to download into your prototype. Live example | embedded-files.rp (195.8 KB) You will still need to base64-encode your file as in the post linked above. Once you’ve done that (I used a zip file for this example), you can put this code into an “open external link” action: javascript: { var uri = `data:application/zip;base64,[[YOUR BASE64-ENCODED FILE HERE]]`; v…