How to read binary data in IE9?

Question

I'm working on some Javascript code that creates an alpha mask of a image using paths embedded by Photoshop. The onload handler of a IMG tag would call a clip(this). The function load the image's source file and scans through it. Here's the setup:

function clip(img) {
    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xhr.open('GET', img.src, true);
    xhr.responseType = 'arraybuffer';
    xhr.target = img;

    xhr.onload = function(e) {
        var bytes = new Uint8Array(this.response);
        var p = findPhotoshopSegment(bytes);
        if(p) {
            var paths = parse8BIMData(bytes, p);

            /* ... replaces IMG with SVG tag ... */
        }
    };
    xhr.send();
}

You can see the code in action at http://flaczki.net46.net/JPEG/SVG.html

Currently, it only works in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. It doesn't work in IE9. The browser supports SVG but not Uint8Array. Is there some kind of workaround?

Answer 1

I had same issue while playing with pdf.js library, and solution I found is to make my own Uint8Array, below is code which you need. All credits goes to notmasteryet@github and full code can be found here https://gist.github.com/1057924

(function() {
  try {
    var a = new Uint8Array(1);
    return; //no need
  } catch(e) { }

  function subarray(start, end) {
    return this.slice(start, end);
  }

  function set_(array, offset) {
    if (arguments.length < 2) offset = 0;
    for (var i = 0, n = array.length; i < n; ++i, ++offset)
      this[offset] = array[i] & 0xFF;
  }

  // we need typed arrays
  function TypedArray(arg1) {
    var result;
    if (typeof arg1 === "number") {
       result = new Array(arg1);
       for (var i = 0; i < arg1; ++i)
         result[i] = 0;
    } else
       result = arg1.slice(0);
    result.subarray = subarray;
    result.buffer = result;
    result.byteLength = result.length;
    result.set = set_;
    if (typeof arg1 === "object" && arg1.buffer)
      result.buffer = arg1.buffer;

    return result;
  }

  window.Uint8Array = TypedArray;
  window.Uint32Array = TypedArray;
  window.Int32Array = TypedArray;
})();