function checkType(upload){
    var p_w_picpath = document.getElementById(upload).value;
    var extStart = p_w_picpath.lastIndexOf(".");
    var ext = p_w_picpath.substring(extStart, p_w_picpath.length).toUpperCase();
    if ( ext != ".PNG" && ext != ".GIF" && ext != ".JPG" && ext != ".JPEG") {
        alert("图片限于png,gif,jpeg,jpg格式!");
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}
function setImagePreview(upload,preview) {
    if(checkType(upload)){
        showTips('result','图片预览:',0);
        var docObj=document.getElementById(upload);
        var imgObjPreview=document.getElementById(preview);
        if(docObj.files &&    docObj.files[0]){
            //火狐下,直接设img属性
            imgObjPreview.style.width = '160px';
            imgObjPreview.style.height = '120px';
            try{
                imgObjPreview.src = docObj.files[0].getAsDataURL();
            }catch(e){
                //火狐7以上版本不能用上面的getAsDataURL()方式获取,需要一下方式
                imgObjPreview.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(docObj.files[0]);
            }
  
  
        }else{
            //IE下,使用滤镜
            docObj.select();
            var imgSrc = document.selection.createRange().text;
            var localImagId = document.getElementById("localImag");
            //必须设置初始大小
            localImagId.style.width = "160px";
            localImagId.style.height = "120px";
            //图片异常的捕捉,防止用户修改后缀来伪造图片
            try{
                localImagId.style.filter="progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(sizingMethod=scale)";
                localImagId.filters.item("DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader").src = imgSrc;
            }catch(e){
                alert("您上传的图片格式不正确,请重新选择!");
                return false;
            }
            imgObjPreview.style.display = 'block';
            document.selection.empty();
        }
        return true;
    }
  
}

 摘自:http://www.oschina.net/code/snippet_187608_34433