# Save Button
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/save-button/204851
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [October 24, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/save-button/204851 "2006-10-24T01:36:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@silverneo188](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/silverneo188)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/save-button/204851/1 "2006-10-24T01:36:57Z")
I am clueless on how to make a save button, does anyone know how to make a save button?
It’s for my button clicker game.
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/save-button/204851/2 "2006-10-24T01:56:25Z")
Uh, the same way you make any other button. I suppose then you could start sending your content to save to PHP into a db.
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### Author:  [@silverneo188](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/silverneo188)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/save-button/204851/3 "2006-10-24T02:41:53Z")
I have no idea how to create a database, Im running a school laptop and I don’t have coldfusion. Can you also help me with that?
I have no idea on how to make flash send data to a php either (I know i’m a noob)
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### Author:  [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/save-button/204851/4 "2006-10-24T03:27:07Z")
This easiest way would to use the SharedObject object, it’s like a cookie but for Flash. Here is simple example which counts the number of times you have pressed the mouse. If you close the Flash Player and re-open it, the counting will continue where you left off. Press any key to reset the count.
```auto
//access the savedData SharedObject, if it doesn't exist this method will create it
this.soData = SharedObject.getLocal("savedData");
//if the clicks property is undefined, ie hasn't been created . . .
if(this.soData.data.clicks == undefined) {
//. . . set it to 0
this.soData.data.clicks = 0;
}
//onMouseDOwn
this.onMouseDown = function():Void {
//output the incremented clicks variable
trace(++this.soData.data.clicks);
}
//add this as a listener to the Key class
Key.addListener(this);
this.onKeyDown = function():Void {
//reset the clicks property to 0
this.soData.data.clicks = 0;
}
```
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/save-button/204851/5 "2006-10-24T03:37:09Z")
That works too… 😛
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### Author:  [@silverneo188](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/silverneo188)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/save-button/204851/6 "2006-10-24T03:42:02Z")
won’t work(the second post above me with the AS) go to my site (in my sig) and look on the main page you will see the flash to the left.
I visit another part of my site and then go back but it sets the counter back to zero.
Am I supposed to put the AS on the button or stage?