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Created May 14, 2013 20:14
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playing with file contents on the client side....
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gistfile1.html
<html>
<body>
<form name="uploadForm">
<input id="uploadFile" type="file" name="uploadFile" onchange="performFilePoop();" />
</form>
<script>
function performFilePoop(){
var files = document.getElementById("uploadFile").files
if(files.length == 1){
var fileReader = new FileReader()
fileReader.onload = function(event){
alert(event.target.result)
}
alert(files[0].name)
fileReader.readAsText(files[0])
}
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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