How to view a .docx file in app inventor

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I need to show some documents in my app, can it be done with ms word or google docs?
please guide

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This method may help:

https://puravidaapps.com/snippets.php#2pdf

The use of the google viewer may show other formats as well

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I looked at it but can't figure out how to use it, do I get a url? @TIMAI2

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Use the first method to open the docx file in device browser.
Get you docx files onto your sdcard, not in assets.

You will need this mimetype for docx files:

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

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how to get it in sdcard?
what to do with the mimetype?

Sorry but I am a newbie @TIMAI2

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OK, let us start again.

Where are you intending the docx files to be for your users to view them? On the device, online somewhere? Somewhere else ?

As far as I understand, you cannot access files in assets to view them in the method above once the app is compiled.

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I want it to be viewed online...

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Can you be more precise?

On your own server? On google drive? on another server somewhere ?

Do you have urls for these files?

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Google drive

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In which case get the shared link for a docx file.
Use a webviewer component
Set the gotoUrl to the shared link
This should simply just open the document for viewing

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