function ShowFile(input) { let inputFileObject = input.files[0]; alert(`File name: ${inputFileObject.name}`); alert(`Last modified: ${inputFileObject.lastModified}`); } // main input tag file function function LoadSaveFile(input) { // Prepares a File object from the first file of the input files for reading as an Array Buffer let inputFileObject = input.files[0]; // 1. read file // The ArrayBuffer object is used to represent a generic, fixed-length raw binary data buffer. // It is an array of bytes, often referred to in other languages as a "byte array". // new FileReader() // readAsArrayBuffer(file) // addEventListener("load", function) - to decode the file when loaded let inputReader = new FileReader(); inputReader.readAsArrayBuffer(inputFileObject); inputReader.addEventListener("load", () => { let inputArrayBuffer = inputReader.result; try { alert(`File: ${inputArrayBuffer}`); } catch (error) { alert(`The file cannot be decoded. Error: ${error}`); } }); // 2. Decode file // The slice() method copies up to, but not including, the byte indicated by the end parameter. // Uint8Array(ArrayBuffer) // ArrayBuffer.slice() // remove C# header (ArrayBuffer) // base64 Decoding (ArrayBuffer) // AES decryption (ECB) removes pkcs7 padding (ArrayBuffer) // Convert ArrayBuffer to string/text TextDecoder().decode(ArrayBuffer) // 3. Convert file to JSON string (optional?) // JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(decrypted), undefined, 2) // 4. Paste decoded string file to text area }