How to attach a google doc file as Microsoft Word doc - email

Question

My first time here in Stack overflow. I'm just an amateur programmer trying to learn Google Apps script. I created a google form to get answers from users. I have transferred the answers to a google doc formatted according to our use in the office. I need to email the google doc back to the for user in microsoft word format. Sending as pdf is not a problem, but msword is a bit tricky.
I tried copying the recommendations i found here but I can't seem to get it to run. I hope someone can tell me what i'm doing wrong and what i need to doe. here's the relevant portion of the code:
`doc.saveAndClose(); // end of the transfer from google sheet to google doc. now to email...
var filename= ts+"-"+c_name1;
var compfile = DriveApp.getFilesByName(filename);
if (!compfile.hasNext())
{
console.error("Could not open file "+filename);
return;
}
var template = HtmlService.createTemplateFromFile('email_message');
var message = template.evaluate().getContent();
MailApp.sendEmail({
to:em,
subject: "Automated Complaint Assistant",
htmlBody: message,
attachments: compfile.next()}) // attachment is pdf file type. HOW TO SEND AS WORD?
`
I tried this function i found here:
`function EmailCompAsWordDoc(email, name, newCopyID) {
var subject = "Word version of Complaint";
var body = "\n\nHere is the Microsoft Word version of the draft Complaint";
var url = 'https://docs.google.com/feeds/download/documents/export/Export?id=' + newCopyID + '&exportFormat=docx';
var options = {
headers: {
Authorization: "Bearer " + ScriptApp.getOAuthToken()
},
muteHttpExceptions: true
}
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, options);
var doc = response.getBlob();
//Create the docx file in my TEMP folder in Google Drive and send
var file = DriveApp.createFile(doc).setName('Draft Complaint '+ name + '.docx');
DriveApp.getFolderById('<ID of my TEMP folder in Google Drive>').addFile(file);
var blob = DriveApp.getFileById(file.getId());
if (MailApp.getRemainingDailyQuota() > 0)
GmailApp.sendEmail(email, subject, body, {
Body: body,
attachments:[blob]
});
//Remove the docx file from the TEMP folder
DriveApp.getFileById(file.getId()).setTrashed(true);
}
var compid = DriveApp.getFileById(filename.getId()) // error here. How to get the file ID for use by this custom function??
EmailCompAsWordDoc(em, c_name1, compid)
`

Answer 1

From your provided script, I understood that the value of filename is the string value of var filename = ts + "-" + c_name1;. I thought that this is the reason for your current issue of filename.getId is not a function.
In this case, how about the following modification?
From:
var compid = DriveApp.getFileById(filename.getId())
To:
var compid = DriveApp.getFilesByName(filename).next().getId();
In this case, it supposes that the values of filename and em and c_name1 of EmailCompAsWordDoc(em, c_name1, compid) are valid values. Please be careful about this.