# Beginner to AS looking for some advice
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginner-to-as-looking-for-some-advice/184495
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 5, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginner-to-as-looking-for-some-advice/184495 "2006-04-05T14:28:22Z")
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### Author:  [@skepticstudios](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skepticstudios)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginner-to-as-looking-for-some-advice/184495/1 "2006-04-05T14:28:22Z")
Hey everyone, I’m needing a few pointers for a uni project I’m working on just now. My understanding of AS is very basic and I’m needing some help with this, I’ve got to create a Flash movie that quizzes the user through the Learning Interactions in Flash 8 and saves their data/scores to a text file.
My understanding of AS would lead me to believe that I’d have to get data from the user, such as their name, set it as a variable and save that to say a .txt file and then record their scores for each ‘quiz’ under this. How is this kind of thing possible to do? Is it possible? Any pointers/scripting is very much appreciated
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### Author:  [@skepticstudios](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skepticstudios)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginner-to-as-looking-for-some-advice/184495/2 "2006-04-06T20:05:18Z")
Sorry to bump but I really need help with this; even just to be pointed in the direction of tutorials because I can’t find anything for what I need
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### Author:  [@B\_L\_U\_E](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/B_L_U_E)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginner-to-as-looking-for-some-advice/184495/3 "2006-04-06T22:46:08Z")
> [@skepticstudios](#):
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> Hey everyone, I’m needing a few pointers for a uni project I’m working on just now. My understanding of AS is very basic and I’m needing some help with this, I’ve got to create a Flash movie that quizzes the user through the Learning Interactions in Flash 8 and saves their data/scores to a text file.
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> My understanding of AS would lead me to believe that I’d have to get data from the user, such as their name, set it as a variable and save that to say a .txt file and then record their scores for each ‘quiz’ under this. How is this kind of thing possible to do? Is it possible? Any pointers/scripting is very much appreciated
You would have to use a backend language, I suggest PHP, to actually write data to a file on a server. Unfortunately, flash cannot do it alone. Sorry, but I dont know of any such tutorials. ;(