# Creating a test engine

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**Created:** [February 24, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-test-engine/305409 "2010-02-24T20:06:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![m2244](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@m2244](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/m2244)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-test-engine/305409/1 "2010-02-24T20:06:34Z")

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Ok. I am going to make a test application that will present tests to students. I am thinking that there will be two parts to this project; a test “writer” and a test “reader” (the reader is what the student will see as the test). My question is, can I create an external file which is populated by the “writer” and also read by the “reader” into arrays at run time. How would you handle this?

Thanks in advance.

MH