# Saving to a text file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/saving-to-a-text-file/121677>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 5, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/saving-to-a-text-file/121677 "2004-09-05T15:20:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![fury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3bc359/32.png) [@fury](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fury)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/saving-to-a-text-file/121677/1 "2004-09-05T15:20:17Z")

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I’m trying to make a sort of memo pad in Flash that I’m going to put into my Active Desktop. What I want is for it to load the text from a text file into it, be able to edit it, and save it back to the text file. I have all of it done, except the saving part. How would I accomplish that part? The only thing I could find on it had to do with CGI, but there has to be an easier way.