diff --git a/src/main/java/io/openbpm/control/view/processinstance/runtime/RuntimeTabFragment.java b/src/main/java/io/openbpm/control/view/processinstance/runtime/RuntimeTabFragment.java
index 8f90d9e..95ec0f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/openbpm/control/view/processinstance/runtime/RuntimeTabFragment.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/openbpm/control/view/processinstance/runtime/RuntimeTabFragment.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 package io.openbpm.control.view.processinstance.runtime;
 
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.Component;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.button.Button;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.grid.GridSortOrder;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.icon.VaadinIcon;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.orderedlayout.HorizontalLayout;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 import com.vaadin.flow.data.event.SortEvent;
 import com.vaadin.flow.data.renderer.Renderer;
 import com.vaadin.flow.data.renderer.TextRenderer;
+import com.vaadin.flow.data.selection.SelectionEvent;
 import com.vaadin.flow.theme.lumo.LumoUtility;
 import io.jmix.core.DataLoadContext;
 import io.jmix.core.LoadContext;
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@
 import io.jmix.flowui.component.grid.DataGrid;
 import io.jmix.flowui.component.grid.TreeDataGrid;
 import io.jmix.flowui.component.tabsheet.JmixTabSheet;
+import io.jmix.flowui.download.Downloader;
 import io.jmix.flowui.fragment.Fragment;
 import io.jmix.flowui.fragment.FragmentDescriptor;
 import io.jmix.flowui.kit.action.ActionPerformedEvent;
@@ -38,10 +41,11 @@
 import io.openbpm.control.entity.filter.*;
 import io.openbpm.control.entity.processinstance.ProcessInstanceData;
 import io.openbpm.control.entity.processinstance.ProcessInstanceState;
+import io.openbpm.control.entity.variable.CamundaVariableType;
 import io.openbpm.control.entity.variable.ObjectTypeInfo;
 import io.openbpm.control.entity.variable.VariableInstanceData;
 import io.openbpm.control.entity.variable.VariableValueInfo;
-import io.openbpm.control.service.activity.ActivityService;
+import io.openbpm.control.exception.EngineResourceNotAvailableException;
 import io.openbpm.control.service.externaltask.ExternalTaskService;
 import io.openbpm.control.service.incident.IncidentService;
 import io.openbpm.control.service.job.JobService;
@@ -54,8 +58,11 @@
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -95,7 +102,8 @@ public class RuntimeTabFragment extends Fragment<HorizontalLayout> {
     private Dialogs dialogs;
     @Autowired
     private Messages messages;
-
+    @Autowired
+    protected Downloader downloader;
 
     @ViewComponent
     protected MessageBundle messageBundle;
@@ -113,6 +121,8 @@ public class RuntimeTabFragment extends Fragment<HorizontalLayout> {
     protected JmixTabSheet runtimeTabsheet;
     @ViewComponent
     protected VerticalLayout activityTreeContainer;
+    @ViewComponent
+    protected Button downloadButton;
 
     protected VariableFilter variableFilter;
 
@@ -320,6 +330,27 @@ protected List<VariableInstanceData> runtimeVariablesDlLoadDelegate(final LoadCo
         return variableService.findRuntimeVariables(context);
     }
 
+    @Subscribe("runtimeVariablesGrid")
+    public void onRuntimeVariablesGridSelection(final SelectionEvent<DataGrid<VariableInstanceData>, VariableInstanceData> event) {
+        VariableInstanceData selectedItem = runtimeVariablesGrid.getSingleSelectedItem();
+        boolean isFileType = selectedItem != null &&
+                CamundaVariableType.FILE.getId().equals(selectedItem.getType())
+                && selectedItem.getValueInfo() != null;
+        downloadButton.setEnabled(isFileType);
+    }
+
+    @Subscribe("runtimeVariablesGrid.download")
+    public void onRuntimeVariablesGridDownload(final ActionPerformedEvent event) {
+        VariableInstanceData selectedItem = runtimeVariablesGrid.getSingleSelectedItem();
+        if (selectedItem != null) {
+            Resource fileResource = variableService.getVariableInstanceBinary(selectedItem.getVariableInstanceId());
+            byte[] byteArrayContent = getByteArrayContent(fileResource);
+            if (fileResource.getFilename() != null) {
+                downloader.download(() -> new ByteArrayInputStream(byteArrayContent), fileResource.getFilename());
+            } downloader.download(() -> new ByteArrayInputStream(byteArrayContent), selectedItem.getValueInfo().getFilename());
+        }
+    }
+
 
     @Install(to = "runtimeVariablesPagination", subject = "totalCountDelegate")
     protected Integer runtimeVariablesPaginationTotalCountDelegate(final DataLoadContext dataLoadContext) {
@@ -481,6 +512,9 @@ protected String getVariableValueColumnText(VariableInstanceData variableInstanc
         if (variableInstance.getValue() != null) {
             return variableInstance.getValue().toString();
         }
+        if (variableInstance.getType().equals(CamundaVariableType.FILE.getId())) {
+            return variableInstance.getValueInfo().getFilename();
+        }
         return null;
     }
 
@@ -507,4 +541,14 @@ protected Component getTabContent(Tab tab) {
                 : null;
     }
 
+    private static byte[] getByteArrayContent(Resource deploymentResourceData) {
+        byte[] byteArray;
+        try {
+            byteArray = deploymentResourceData.getContentAsByteArray();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new EngineResourceNotAvailableException(deploymentResourceData.getFilename());
+        }
+        return byteArray;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/openbpm/control/view/processvariable/VariableInstanceDataDetail.java b/src/main/java/io/openbpm/control/view/processvariable/VariableInstanceDataDetail.java
index 1b1032b..6958649 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/openbpm/control/view/processvariable/VariableInstanceDataDetail.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/openbpm/control/view/processvariable/VariableInstanceDataDetail.java
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ protected FileUploadField createFileField() {
         }
 
         fileUploadField.addFileUploadSucceededListener(this::handleFileUpload);
+        fileUploadField.setHelperText(messageBundle.getMessage("variableNameFileTypeMaxSize"));
 
         byte[] binaryValue = loadBinaryValue(variableInstanceData);
         fileUploadField.setValue(binaryValue);
diff --git a/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/messages_de.properties b/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/messages_de.properties
index 30b0e24..fd0bb03 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/messages_de.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/messages_de.properties
@@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableInstanceData.detail.title=Variab
 io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableInstanceDataEdit.value=Wert
 io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableNameAlreadyExistsError=Variablenname existiert bereits
 io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableValueUpdated=Variablenwert aktualisiert
+io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableNameFileTypeMaxSize=Maximale Dateigröße: 1024 kB
 
 io.openbpm.control.view.startprocess/processDefinitionIdLabel=ID
 io.openbpm.control.view.startprocess/startProcess=Starten
diff --git a/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/messages_en.properties b/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/messages_en.properties
index 73393f5..cec5795 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/messages_en.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/messages_en.properties
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableInstanceData.detail.title=Variab
 io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableInstanceDataEdit.value=Value
 io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableNameAlreadyExistsError=Variable name already exists
 io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableValueUpdated=Variable value updated
+io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableNameFileTypeMaxSize=Maximum file size: 1024 kB
 
 
 io.openbpm.control.view.startprocess/processDefinitionIdLabel=Id
diff --git a/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/messages_es.properties b/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/messages_es.properties
index 96912f2..4e86b63 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/messages_es.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/messages_es.properties
@@ -613,6 +613,7 @@ io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableInstanceData.detail.title=Detall
 io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableInstanceDataEdit.value=Valor
 io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableNameAlreadyExistsError=El nombre de la variable ya existe
 io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableValueUpdated=Valor de variable actualizado
+io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableNameFileTypeMaxSize=Tamaño máximo del archivo: 1024 kB
 
 io.openbpm.control.view.startprocess/processDefinitionIdLabel=Id
 io.openbpm.control.view.startprocess/startProcess=Iniciar
diff --git a/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/messages_ru.properties b/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/messages_ru.properties
index fe35ce0..69fe6ba 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/messages_ru.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/messages_ru.properties
@@ -624,6 +624,7 @@ io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableInstanceData.detail.title=Экз
 io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableInstanceDataEdit.value=Значение
 io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableNameAlreadyExistsError=Имя переменной уже существует
 io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableValueUpdated=Значение переменной обновлено
+io.openbpm.control.view.processvariable/variableNameFileTypeMaxSize=Максимальный размер файла: 1024 кб
 
 
 io.openbpm.control.view.startprocess/processDefinitionIdLabel=Id
diff --git a/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/view/processinstance/runtime/runtime-tab-fragment.xml b/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/view/processinstance/runtime/runtime-tab-fragment.xml
index 92e9bca..86d855f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/view/processinstance/runtime/runtime-tab-fragment.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/io/openbpm/control/view/processinstance/runtime/runtime-tab-fragment.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
                                 <button action="runtimeVariablesGrid.create" themeNames="primary small"/>
                                 <button action="runtimeVariablesGrid.edit" themeNames="small"/>
                                 <button action="runtimeVariablesGrid.remove" themeNames="small"/>
+                                <button id="downloadButton" text="msg:///actions.Download" icon="DOWNLOAD_ALT" action="runtimeVariablesGrid.download" themeNames="small" enabled="false"/>
                                 <simplePagination id="runtimeVariablesPagination" dataLoader="runtimeVariablesDl"/>
                             </hbox>
                             <dataGrid id="runtimeVariablesGrid"
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
                                     <action id="create" type="list_create"/>
                                     <action id="edit" type="list_edit"/>
                                     <action id="remove" type="list_remove"/>
+                                    <action id="download" type="list_itemTracking"/>
                                 </actions>
                                 <columns resizable="true">
                                     <column property="name" flexGrow="1"/>