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Reading a file selected by the user
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
</head>
<body>
<style>
#progress_bar {
margin: 10px 0;
padding: 3px;
border: 1px solid #000;
font-size: 14px;
clear: both;
opacity: 0;
-moz-transition: opacity 1s linear;
-o-transition: opacity 1s linear;
-webkit-transition: opacity 1s linear;
}
#progress_bar.loading {
opacity: 1.0;
}
#progress_bar .percent {
background-color: #99ccff;
height: auto;
width: 0;
}
</style>
<input type="file" id="files" name="file" />
<br><button onclick="abortRead();">Cancel read</button>
<div id="progress_bar"><div class="percent">0%</div></div>
<div id="loaded_file"></div>
<script>
var reader;
var progress = document.querySelector('.percent');
function abortRead() {
reader.abort();
}
function errorHandler(evt) {
switch(evt.target.error.code) {
case evt.target.error.NOT_FOUND_ERR:
alert('File Not Found!');
break;
case evt.target.error.NOT_READABLE_ERR:
alert('File is not readable');
break;
case evt.target.error.ABORT_ERR:
break; // noop
default:
alert('An error occurred reading this file.');
};
}
function updateProgress(evt) {
// evt is an ProgressEvent.
if (evt.lengthComputable) {
var percentLoaded = Math.round((evt.loaded / evt.total) * 100);
// Increase the progress bar length.
if (percentLoaded < 100) {
progress.style.width = percentLoaded + '%';
progress.textContent = percentLoaded + '%';
}
}
}
function handleFileSelect(evt) {
// Reset progress indicator on new file selection.
progress.style.width = '0%';
progress.textContent = '0%';
reader = new FileReader();
reader.onerror = errorHandler;
reader.onprogress = updateProgress;
reader.onabort = function(e) {
alert('File read cancelled');
};
reader.onloadstart = function(e) {
document.getElementById('progress_bar').className = 'loading';
};
reader.onload = function(e) {
// Ensure that the progress bar displays 100% at the end.
progress.style.width = '100%';
progress.textContent = '100%';
setTimeout("document.getElementById('progress_bar').className='';", 5000);
var contents = reader.result;
var lines = contents.split('\n');
document.getElementById('loaded_file').innerHTML = contents;
}
// Read in the image file as a binary string.
reader.readAsBinaryString(evt.target.files[0]);
}
document.getElementById('files').addEventListener('change', handleFileSelect, false);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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