# Creating a Flash Application? **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [March 25, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-flash-application/183308 "2006-03-25T18:08:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![woodman650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9bd4f/32.png) [@woodman650](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/woodman650)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-flash-application/183308/1 "2006-03-25T18:08:12Z")
Hey all! I’m interested in create a business management application with a little flash flare… but I don’t know where to start. I guess I’m just stuck on database interaction at this point. Can anyone point me in a direction as far as database interaction with flash is concerned? thanks!! ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-flash-application/183308/2 "2006-03-25T18:41:14Z")
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/flash\_php\_mysql.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/flash_php_mysql.htm) ---
**Author:** ![woodman650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9bd4f/32.png) [@woodman650](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/woodman650)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-flash-application/183308/3 "2006-03-25T19:01:05Z")
and this can work locally right? In my own experience, you have to have php on the web… but I want to make the application work on my local computer only. thanks ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-flash-application/183308/4 "2006-03-25T19:10:04Z")
You can run PHP locally if you install it locally… ---
**Author:** ![woodman650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9bd4f/32.png) [@woodman650](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/woodman650)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-flash-application/183308/5 "2006-03-25T19:32:46Z")
I’ve been reading that I can also just go through an ASP script… do I have to install anything for that? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-flash-application/183308/6 "2006-03-25T21:01:04Z")
Yes… if you intend to use ASP, you can use Microsoft’s server IIS rather than Apache. It sucks… you want to use Apache. You can also use an asp module for Apache, but it’s a bit more difficult. I suggest PHP. ---
**Author:** ![woodman650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9bd4f/32.png) [@woodman650](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/woodman650)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-flash-application/183308/7 "2006-03-25T21:32:42Z")
is there something I can use on my local machine and not have to “install” anything? Make everything standalone… ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-flash-application/183308/8 "2006-03-25T21:34:23Z")
Err… no. WebBrick is the closest thing I know of… you can pretty easily use it with Rails. ---
**Author:** ![woodman650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9bd4f/32.png) [@woodman650](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/woodman650)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-flash-application/183308/9 "2006-03-27T02:28:34Z")
ok, so I’m a little confused… I’ve decided to go the PHP route… but I’m not very familiar with MySQL, and I wonder where an Access database fits in? any help in that direction? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-flash-application/183308/10 "2006-03-27T04:22:41Z")
Access is Microsoft’s competition to mysql. You use on or the other… I recommend mysql for many reasons, but if you’re more comfortable with Access, look into the odbc documentation in php.