BinFileReader.js

/**
 * BinFileReader.js
 * You can find more about this function at
 * http://nagoon97.com/reading-binary-files-using-ajax/
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2008 Andy G.P. Na <nagoon97@naver.com>
 * The source code is freely distributable under the terms of an MIT-style license.
 */
function BinFileReader(fileURL){
	var _exception = {};
	_exception.FileLoadFailed = 1;
	_exception.EOFReached = 2;

	var filePointer = 0;
	var fileSize = -1;
	var fileContents;

	this.getFileSize = function(){
		return fileSize;
	}

	this.getFilePointer = function(){
		return filePointer;
	}

	this.movePointerTo = function(iTo){
		if(iTo < 0) filePointer = 0;
		else if(iTo > this.getFileSize()) throwException(_exception.EOFReached);
		else filePointer = iTo;

		return filePointer;
	};

	this.movePointer = function(iDirection){
		this.movePointerTo(filePointer + iDirection);

		return filePointer;
	};

	this.readNumber = function(iNumBytes, iFrom){
		iNumBytes = iNumBytes || 1;
		iFrom = iFrom || filePointer;

		this.movePointerTo(iFrom + iNumBytes);

		var result = 0;
		for(var i=iFrom + iNumBytes; i>iFrom; i--){
			result = result * 256 + this.readByteAt(i-1);
		}

		return result;
	};

	this.readString = function(iNumChars, iFrom){
		iNumChars = iNumChars || 1;
		iFrom = iFrom || filePointer;

		this.movePointerTo(iFrom);

		var result = "";
		var tmpTo = iFrom + iNumChars;
		for(var i=iFrom; i<tmpTo; i++){
			result += String.fromCharCode(this.readNumber(1));
		}

		return result;
	};

	this.readUnicodeString = function(iNumChars, iFrom){
		iNumChars = iNumChars || 1;
		iFrom = iFrom || filePointer;

		this.movePointerTo(iFrom);

		var result = "";
		var tmpTo = iFrom + iNumChars*2;
		for(var i=iFrom; i<tmpTo; i+=2){
			result += String.fromCharCode(this.readNumber(2));
		}

		return result;
	};

	function throwException(errorCode){
		switch(errorCode){
			case _exception.FileLoadFailed:
				throw new Error('Error: Filed to load "'+fileURL+'"');
				break;
			case _exception.EOFReached:
				throw new Error("Error: EOF reached");
				break;
		}
	}

	function BinFileReaderImpl_IE(fileURL){
		var vbArr = BinFileReaderImpl_IE_VBAjaxLoader(fileURL);
		fileContents = vbArr.toArray();

		fileSize = fileContents.length-1;

		if(fileSize < 0) throwException(_exception.FileLoadFailed);

		this.readByteAt = function(i){
			return fileContents[i];
		}
	}

	function BinFileReaderImpl(fileURL){
		var req = new XMLHttpRequest();

		req.open('GET', fileURL, false);

		//XHR binary charset opt by Marcus Granado 2006 [http://mgran.blogspot.com] 
		req.overrideMimeType('text/plain; charset=x-user-defined');
		req.send(null);

		if (req.status != 200) throwException(_exception.FileLoadFailed);

		fileContents = req.responseText;

		fileSize = fileContents.length;

		this.readByteAt = function(i){
			return fileContents.charCodeAt(i) & 0xff;
		}
	}
	if(/msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent))
		BinFileReaderImpl_IE.apply(this, [fileURL]);
	else
		BinFileReaderImpl.apply(this, [fileURL]);
}

document.write('<script type="text/vbscript">\n\
Function BinFileReaderImpl_IE_VBAjaxLoader(fileName)\n\
	Dim xhr\n\
	Set xhr = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")\n\
\n\
	xhr.Open "GET", fileName, False\n\
\n\
	xhr.setRequestHeader "Accept-Charset", "x-user-defined"\n\
	xhr.send\n\
\n\
	Dim byteArray()\n\
\n\
	if xhr.Status = 200 Then\n\
		Dim byteString\n\
		Dim i\n\
\n\
		byteString=xhr.responseBody\n\
\n\
		ReDim byteArray(LenB(byteString))\n\
\n\
		For i = 1 To LenB(byteString)\n\
			byteArray(i-1) = AscB(MidB(byteString, i, 1))\n\
		Next\n\
	End If\n\
\n\
	BinFileReaderImpl_IE_VBAjaxLoader=byteArray\n\
End Function\n\
</script>');