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

The File API will allow you to read the data from the file, but then you have the trouble of parsing it and rendering it. Mozilla have released a JavaScript PDF viewer, but I'm not aware of anything for MS Office files.