# Can flash remember?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-remember/184779>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 7, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-remember/184779 "2006-04-07T18:09:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![understudy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@understudy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/understudy)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-remember/184779/1 "2006-04-07T18:09:28Z")

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[FONT=Trebuchet MS]hello,

i’m making a drawing board in flash and i’d like for it to be able to remember which colors were chosen and in what order they were selected. is there a way to do this?

thanks!

my best,  
david[/FONT]

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**Author:** ![watcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@watcher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/watcher)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-remember/184779/2 "2006-04-07T19:06:25Z")

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Hi,

You can read/write data from/to external files using flash. You can have a look at this comprehensive [introduction to XML](http://www.kirupa.com/web/xml/index.htm) tutorial, if you want to know more…

Enjoy!  
[URL=“[http://www.kirupa.com/web/xml/index.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/web/xml/index.htm)”]

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**Author:** ![hybrid101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7993a0/32.png) [@hybrid101](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hybrid101)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-remember/184779/3 "2006-04-08T04:37:12Z")

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or use shared objects

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**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-remember/184779/4 "2006-04-08T04:52:28Z")

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or cookies or some type of database

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**Author:** ![bombsledder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bombsledder](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bombsledder)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-remember/184779/5 "2006-04-08T06:29:31Z")

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easiest would probably be sharedObjects in this case though

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**Author:** ![watcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@watcher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/watcher)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-remember/184779/6 "2006-04-08T21:32:00Z")

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Thanks guys! 🙂 i just learned something new thanks to You

Kirupa shared objs tuts: [1 [URL=“http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/shared\_objects.htm”]2](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/sharedobjects.htm)