How to get file size from clientside using javascript in IE?

Question

I used the following methode

HTML

JavaScript

Answer 1

IE doesn't support File API

source : https://github.com/blueimp/jQuery-File-Upload/issues/147

have to use an ActiveX control to perform this action

function getSize()
{
 var myFSO = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
 var filepath = document.upload.file.value;
 var thefile = myFSO.getFile(filepath);
 var size = thefile.size;
 alert(size + " bytes");
}

source: http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthread.php?196859-File-Upload-Field-IE-Safari-Opera-fileInput-error.&s=b124834725ae363759158268d91ac32c