# Password protection?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/password-protection/17273
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [April 3, 2003, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/password-protection/17273 "2003-04-03T08:57:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@paulks\_is](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paulks_is)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2003, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/password-protection/17273/1 "2003-04-03T08:57:42Z")
hey friends
I’m still building this CDRom. In it i have a safety sectiion where the user has to go through a shortish presentation b4 they can continue. I wonder if i could put a password box on the front page, so they could skip the safety stuff second time round and go strait to the content? Is this possilbe?
If so - how they heck do i do it?!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2003, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/password-protection/17273/2 "2003-04-03T10:17:03Z")
i’ve found this tutorial - its for flash 5 though - you think it will work
[http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/beginner/Password\_protected\_pages/index.shtml](http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/beginner/Password_protected_pages/index.shtml)
Paul
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2003, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/password-protection/17273/3 "2003-04-03T10:18:32Z")
Well it is stated that the tutorial is for flash 5 or higher so it should work in MX as well.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2003, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/password-protection/17273/4 "2003-04-03T10:20:50Z")
dur - stupid me!!!
Thanks very much
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2003, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/password-protection/17273/5 "2003-04-03T10:34:39Z")
Hi,
Another method ( and I think easier and probably more efficient ) is to use a sharedObject, set up a counter and if the counter!=null, send the play head to the relevant frame. Like this :
[AS]//create SO
myLocalSO = sharedobject.getLocal(“filename” );
//check to see if user has been here before
if ((myLocalSO.data.counter != null){
gotoAndPlay(whateverFrame);
}else {
stop();//or play presentation
} [/AS]
on the first frame after your presentaton put :
[AS]myLocalSO.data.counter++[/AS]
basically, this means that after the first visit, myLocalSO.data.counter will never = null and the playhead will by pass the presentation without the need for passwords etc etc.
Hope that helps
SteveD
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/password-protection/17273/6 "2003-04-03T10:46:37Z")
ok - is that like a cookie?
im pretty new to this