Preview .doc/.docx/.pdf files before uploading to server

Question

I\'m using HTML5 File API to get some document(.doc/.docx/.pdf) uploaded. And I want to show that document preview before uploading it to server. Is there any way to do such thi

Answer 1

No. This is not possible.

You want the browser to view a datafile it shouldn't. You have Office or PDF viewers (OK, granted, PDF ssems to be inside browsers now...) to view your data files.

If you want to show a preview in the browser, you have to upload it first and store it in a "for-preview" dir or something. When OK, move it to its final destination, otherwise, delete.