Reading a file using JavaScript

function ReadFile(filename)
{
	try
	{
		var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
		var fh = fso.OpenTextFile(filename,1);
		var contents = fh.ReadAll();
		fh.Close();
		return contents;
	}
	catch (Exception)
	{
		var msg = "ERROR:"+"\""+filename+ "\""+ ": " +Exception.description;
		alert(msg);
		return msg;
	}
}

Silverlight 5 Beta Released….

For Developing Applications using Silverlight 5 Beta you should have Visual Studio 2010
SL5
Steps to install Silverlight 5 Beta
1) Install Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=210710
2) Install Microsoft Silverlight 5 Beta Tools for Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1
http://tinyurl.com/Silverlight5Tools

Get Documentation for Silverlight 5 Beta
Microsoft Silverlight 5 Beta Offline Documentation Package contains the MSDN developer documentation for Silverlight 5
http://tinyurl.com/Silverlight5BetaDocumentation
http://preview.tinyurl.com/Silverlight5BetaDocumentation

For More details visit
1. www.silverlight.net
2.http://www.silverlight.net/getstarted/silverlight-5-beta/