Unable to download file properly in firefox

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I has a file with extension .bpnm, i need to download the file instead of displaying on the browser.Follwing is the code i used,

<a href="http://***FILE.bpmn" download>Download BPNM</a>
<a href="http://***FILE.pdf" download>Download PDF</a>
<a href="http://***FILE.xlsx" download>Download XLSX</a>
It is working fine with chrome for all the files, fairfox working fine with pdf and xlsx but facing problem with BPNM file. Incase of IE all formats are displaying content on the browser page itself and for the BPNM ,content is not actual, it is shwoing some xml content..I tried with .htaccess file as well but no use..

What would be the problem here?? Please help me

Posted 2-Apr-14 1:05am

Raviteja Satyavada

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Code Help 2014 2-Apr-14 7:30am

Do you get any error msg in firefox?

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Code Help 2014 · Answer 1 · 2014-04-02T01:46:00

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This appears to be something related to you settings or plugins installed in firefox. Check your page on some other computer. Also check that which plugins are installed in firefox and see if any of these is causing the issue.

Posted 2-Apr-14 1:46am

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