# Passing input text to a variable

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-input-text-to-a-variable/256941>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 9, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-input-text-to-a-variable/256941 "2008-04-09T00:23:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![thegrrraue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@thegrrraue](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thegrrraue)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-input-text-to-a-variable/256941/1 "2008-04-09T00:23:11Z")

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[FONT=&quot]I’m trying to create a .swf file that allows for a user to input text which will then edit an external .as file. Here’s the hard part: this is all running locally, not communicating with a server, so it can’t be PHP. How can I tell my swf file to send its input text field (and to where), and how do I tell the as file to receive the info?[/FONT]