How to read a txt from an Open File dialog and load the content in a textarea with javascript (jquer

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Published on 2010-05-03T00:12:20Z Indexed on 2010/05/03 0:18 UTC
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I want to make an "Open File" button to import txt files contents into a textarea.

How can I read the file contents without uploading it to the server?

I want to use javascript (with jquery lib) and I want to do it without refreshing the page.

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