// Ref : https://stackoverflow.com/a/12002275 //Tested in Mozilla Firefox browser, Chrome function ReadFileAllBrowsers(FileElement, CallBackFunction) { try { if (!FileElement.files || !FileElement.files.length) return CallBackFunction(); const file = FileElement.files[0]; if (file) { const reader = new FileReader(); reader.readAsText(file, "UTF-8"); reader.onload = function (evt) { CallBackFunction(evt.target.result); } reader.onerror = function (evt) { CallBackFunction() } } } catch (Exception) { const fall_back = ieReadFile(FileElement.value); if (fall_back != false) { CallBackFunction(fall_back); } } } ///Reading files with Internet Explorer function ieReadFile(filename) { try { const fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"); const fh = fso.OpenTextFile(filename, 1); const contents = fh.ReadAll(); fh.Close(); return contents; } catch (Exception) { return false; } } export default ReadFileAllBrowsers;