Load external file as a blob?

Hi!
The target is: to check TGA file's color depth.
How? - to load file as a blob and to read byte number 16.
Similar to get information about compression etc...
So, the question is - is it possible to read an external file by javascript in AE?
Thank you in advance!

Pg. 47 of the JavaScript Tools Guide CC.pdf talks about the File object. My guess is that you may need something more than just ExtendScript to dive that far into a file as I didn't see any obvious direct answer in the guide.

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Answered by: Adam Cath.
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