Override XMLHTTPRequest charset

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I'm requesting some*text file*using IE7's XMLHTTPRequest. XMLHTTPRequest is interpreting the file as utf-8, but it's not in fact that, and it breaks because of that. The server doesn't return a charset directive, and I have no control at all over the server.

 

How can I make XMLHTTPRequest interpret the response with a different encoding? Or failing that, how can I manually decode the responseBody byte array into a string? Using nothing but javascript.

 

An alternative method to download the file would also work.*The script*has local machine privileges so it can do more than a regular browser script.

 

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