Title: Invalid file problem
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Invalid file problem

 *  [palmdoc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/palmdoc/)
 * (@palmdoc)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-file-problem/)
 * Hi. I am using Buddypress on my site and with the Group Documents upload feature,
   files uploaded there are in the format
 * [http://mysite.com/?get_group_doc=30/1380409717-somefile.pdf](http://mysite.com/?get_group_doc=30/1380409717-somefile.pdf)
 * It seems with the ? the gview cannot display the embedded pdf and throws up and
   error with invalid file.
 * If I upload the file directly to my site in a directory and the URL does not 
   have ? in it, then it embeds fine.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-google-docs-viewer/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-google-docs-viewer/)

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 *  Thread Starter [palmdoc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/palmdoc/)
 * (@palmdoc)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-file-problem/#post-4171946)
 * Strange thing is the link the the uploaded pdf in the Group documents works fine
   if viewed directly in a browser.

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 * Last reply from: [palmdoc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/palmdoc/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-file-problem/#post-4171946)
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