# Help Getting Started... writing to XML, calendar style

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-getting-started-writing-to-xml-calendar-style/187747>\
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**Created:** [May 2, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-getting-started-writing-to-xml-calendar-style/187747 "2006-05-02T01:46:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![woodman650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9bd4f/32.png) [@woodman650](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/woodman650)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-getting-started-writing-to-xml-calendar-style/187747/1 "2006-05-02T01:46:16Z")

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Hey all,  
I’m writing to create a type of blog app that I can keep personal notes in. Ideally, I’d like to be able to open up a form that automatically sticks the date and time in, and allows me to enter a subject and message. When I submit the post, it is written to a local xml file. Once it’s been written however, I want the a numeric list to be generated in flash of all the posts within a specified month. I know this is kind of a huge project, but I just don’t even know where to start. Any advice, tips or anything of the sort would be greatly appreciated. thanks guys!