Using readAsArrayBuffer

web/compatibility.js

@@ -124,6 +124,42 @@
   };
 })();
 
+// No readAsArrayBuffer ?
+(function checkFileReaderReadAsArrayBuffer() {
+  if (typeof FileReader === 'undefined')
+    return; // FileReader is not implemented
+  var frPrototype = FileReader.prototype;
+  // Older versions of Firefox might not have readAsArrayBuffer
+  if ('readAsArrayBuffer' in frPrototype)
+    return; // readAsArrayBuffer is implemented
+  Object.defineProperty(frPrototype, 'readAsArrayBuffer', {
+    value: function fileReaderReadAsArrayBuffer(blob) {
+      var fileReader = new FileReader();
+      var originalReader = this;
+      fileReader.onload = function fileReaderOnload(evt) {
+        var data = evt.target.result;
+        var buffer = new ArrayBuffer(data.length);
+        var uint8Array = new Uint8Array(buffer);
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++)
+          uint8Array[i] = data.charCodeAt(i);
+
+        Object.defineProperty(originalReader, 'result', {
+          value: buffer,
+          enumerable: true,
+          writable: false,
+          configurable: true
+        });
+
+        var event = document.createEvent('HTMLEvents');
+        event.initEvent('load', false, false);
+        originalReader.dispatchEvent(event);
+      };
+      fileReader.readAsBinaryString(blob);
+    }
+  });
+})();
+
 // No XMLHttpRequest.response ?
 (function checkXMLHttpRequestResponseCompatibility() {
   var xhrPrototype = XMLHttpRequest.prototype;

web/viewer.js

@@ -1944,20 +1944,13 @@ window.addEventListener('change', function webViewerChange(evt) {
   // Read the local file into a Uint8Array.
   var fileReader = new FileReader();
   fileReader.onload = function webViewerChangeFileReaderOnload(evt) {
-    var data = evt.target.result;
+    var buffer = evt.target.result;
-    var buffer = new ArrayBuffer(data.length);
     var uint8Array = new Uint8Array(buffer);
-
-    for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++)
-      uint8Array[i] = data.charCodeAt(i);
-
     PDFView.open(uint8Array, 0);
   };
 
-  // Read as a binary string since "readAsArrayBuffer" is not yet
-  // implemented in Firefox.
   var file = files[0];
-  fileReader.readAsBinaryString(file);
+  fileReader.readAsArrayBuffer(file);
   document.title = file.name;
 
   // URL does not reflect proper document location - hiding some icons.