# Backing up your Flash SharedObjects \[AS3, CS4\] **URL:** \ **Category:** open source\ **Created:** [May 6, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/backing-up-your-flash-sharedobjects-as3-cs4/328300 "2012-05-06T02:17:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FMPraxis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b77776/32.png) [@FMPraxis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FMPraxis)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/backing-up-your-flash-sharedobjects-as3-cs4/328300/1 "2012-05-06T02:17:10Z")
One of the things that really annoys me when I’m playing flash games online is that if I don’t want my browser to delete the save data, I have to navigate to the SharedObjects folder and find the .sol file manually. So I created some simple code to give the user the option to save a backup copy of their save file to their computer, and then load it later. Basically I’m just converting the SharedObject into a ByteArray and having the user save it to their computer. Instant .sol file [http://forgedmind.webs.com/Source%20files/FlashSaving.zip](http://forgedmind.webs.com/Source%20files/FlashSaving.zip) there’s a couple issues and one thing I should mention. First, I put it in a zip file because there is a timeline based example and a class based example, so it made sense to just zip it all together. (I also thought i would save time and server space if i linked to the uploaded file on my site, if this is a problem, I can attach it to my post) The first issue is that the buttons for saving and loading aren’t marked (but if you look at the dialog boxes you shouldn’t have a problem figuring out which one you clicked). I advise you to preview the fla in the IDE because I used trace statements to show that it was working. The other issue is that the user can save the file with whatever extension they want. _technically_ this should be limited to .sol but I’m not sure if I can or not, and I was purely focused on if this would actually work or not.