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Created August 16, 2010 07:47
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<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8">
<title>Show File Data</title>
<style type='text/css'>
body {
font-family: sans-serif;
}
</style>
<script type='text/javascript'>
function loadFile() {
var input, file, fr;
if (typeof window.FileReader !== 'function') {
bodyAppend("p", "The file API isn't supported on this browser yet.");
return;
}
input = document.getElementById('fileinput');
if (!input) {
bodyAppend("p", "Um, couldn't find the fileinput element.");
}
else if (!input.files) {
bodyAppend("p", "This browser doesn't seem to support the `files` property of file inputs.");
}
else if (!input.files[0]) {
bodyAppend("p", "Please select a file before clicking 'Load'");
}
else {
file = input.files[0];
fr = new FileReader();
fr.onload = receivedText;
fr.readAsText(file);
}
function receivedText() {
showResult(fr, "Text");
fr = new FileReader();
}
}
function showResult(fr, label) {
var markup, result, n, aByte, byteStr;
markup = [];
result = fr.result;
markup.push(result);
bodyAppend("p", label + " (" + result.length + "):");
bodyAppend("pre", markup.join(" "));
}
function bodyAppend(tagName, innerHTML) {
var elm;
elm = document.createElement(tagName);
elm.innerHTML = innerHTML;
document.body.appendChild(elm);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form action='#' onsubmit="return false;">
<input type='file' id='fileinput'>
<input type='button' id='btnLoad' value='Load' onclick='loadFile();'>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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