Show word document in Board

Peter van Bennekom

I have a formatted word document (can be saved as doc, docx,  html, etc) and i want to show this inside Board. the viewer on the installed client can show it (as long as the path is accessible at runtime). On the web I need to add this file to the web server somehow. 

How do i add a file to the web server so that the viewer can show this?

Björn Reuber

Hi,

 

before you try to add this file to an Webserver for hosting it, I would suggest to use an #blob #cube to distribute the file. Cause otherwise it might be a security risk and so I would suggest to discuss this with your internal IT

 

regards

Björn

Fabio Donatellis

Hi Peter van Bennekom,

The viewer object does not allow to display documents and files via the web. Via web is possible display only web pages as an Iframe in html code.

In order to solve your problem, you could create a secondary website or a sub-site with IIS and save all documents in html format.

In this way, you can set up the viewer on this site and display your documents.

 

Attention. With this solution, all documents will be published through a website. If you don't have a private network, the documents could be visible to everyone, without a security check or user permissions.

 

Regards

Fabio

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Maybe this is an opportunity to add to the  Ideas section? It sounds like having an HTML5 viewer showing MSOffice objects on the web could allow blob data to display online and still enforce security. Maybe there is a third party viewer that could be incorporated?

Fabio Donatellis

There are several possible solutions .. depends on the requirements , number/size of documents and what you want to achieve:

- Files can be imported into a blob cube. This solution is fully integrated with the product and security profiles, but could have a high cost in terms of performance if the number/size of documents is excessive.

- Files can be saved externally and distributed through a secondary website, using an iframe. With this solution, the database will be lighter and efficient, but it will be necessary to adopt some tricks for security management.

- Files can be saved and shared through a content management like Sharepoint. 

 

Office 365 online allows to view and edit an Office document via web.

 

Fabio