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public var fileStream:FileStream;
public function browse_file(eve:MouseEvent):void{
file1 = File.documentsDirectory;
file1.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, handleSelectFile);
file1.browseForOpen("Select Picture");
}
public function handleSelectFile(event:Event):void
{
file_name.text = event.target.nativePath;
//stream=event.target.type;
//Alert.show(stream);
var fileloader:Loader = new Loader();
fileloader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, handleLoadFile);
fileloader.load(new URLRequest(event.target.url));
}

public function handleLoadFile(event:Event):void
{


}
// upload button action
public function fileuploads(event:MouseEvent):void{

var file:File = new File(file_name.text);
if ( file.extension == "txt" )//we check to see if file extension is txt if not we don't do anything otherwise we execute the desired action
{
readfiles(file.url,file.name);


}else if(file.extension=="doc" || file.extension=='pdf'){
readpdffiles(file.url,file.name);
}
}

public function readpdffiles(target_url:String,fname:String,startIndex:int = 0,endIndex:int = int.MAX_VALUE):void
{
var file:File=new File(target_url);
var fs:FileStream=new FileStream();
fs.open(file,FileMode.READ);
var data:ByteArray=new ByteArray();
data.writeObject(fs.readByte());

}
note :here i am able to read txt file as string and able to store .but i dnt know for pdf,doc file?can u check?