# Saving a variable from flash

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/saving-a-variable-from-flash/266491
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 21, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/saving-a-variable-from-flash/266491 "2008-07-21T14:41:08Z")
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### Author: ![webbed\_feet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@webbed\_feet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/webbed_feet)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/saving-a-variable-from-flash/266491/1 "2008-07-21T14:41:08Z")

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hey, i need to save a variable from a flash file to the local harddrive, whats the best way to go about this? would it be xml?