# Storing actionscripts **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [February 3, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/storing-actionscripts/12686 "2003-02-03T16:07:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GARRETTDESIGN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@GARRETTDESIGN](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GARRETTDESIGN)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/storing-actionscripts/12686/1 "2003-02-03T16:07:49Z")
I am wondering, how does everyone save the actionscripts that they want to keep for future use? is there like a permanent library you can use in flash that i dont know about? or what? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/storing-actionscripts/12686/2 "2003-02-03T16:14:48Z")
You could keep it in .as files for instance. I guess. pom :cowboy: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/storing-actionscripts/12686/3 "2003-02-03T17:25:32Z")
I’m assuming you know about the ‘export as file’ option in the action script menu (top righthand corner of the actionscript window)?:-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/storing-actionscripts/12686/4 "2003-02-03T17:30:14Z")
No I did not know about that?! Does that just export the AS as a seperate file?!? That’s exactly what I was hoping you could do! Thank you very much ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/storing-actionscripts/12686/5 "2003-02-03T17:37:12Z")
It exports it as a text file to whichever folder or disc you want. Then you can use it again by using ‘import from file’ in the same menu. It’s quite a missable menu though I didn’t knoe it was there the first few times I use flash. It’s a tiny group of lines and squares that I think are supposed to look like a menu. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/storing-actionscripts/12686/6 "2003-02-03T17:41:32Z")
Yea, i know what menu your talking about…crazy I never noticed the export feature though! man, that will help soooo much. thank you very much. I knew there had to be somthing like that! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/storing-actionscripts/12686/7 "2003-02-03T17:44:12Z")
No problem. This is only the second time I’ve actually helped someone on this forum so I’m pretty pleased too.=) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/storing-actionscripts/12686/8 "2003-02-03T17:56:55Z")
I save my .fla files to a folder called “tests” and have the .swf files with them. That way when I need something I can check the .swf and if that was the file I was looking for I can open the .fla file and see what I did. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/storing-actionscripts/12686/9 "2003-02-03T18:09:14Z")
Yeah, I do like lostinbeta (but not as well), I save to a folder “templates” and reuse from there. I have files such basic buttons that are ready to pull into a file (actually mcs, and a bunch of them so I can copy as many as I need and then just add the graphics and modify the \_hitarea mc once). But I will have to explore the export as file thing (as soon as I finish exploring my navel). :geek: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/storing-actionscripts/12686/10 "2003-02-03T18:15:04Z")
What about MC’s? do you just have to save those in seperate .fla’s? or…can you have like a permanent library filled w/ all the MC’s you want? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/storing-actionscripts/12686/11 "2003-02-03T19:08:01Z")
**common libraries** save all the movie clips you want in the same fla and paste the fla in the libraries folder [size=1][ie. C:\Program files\Macromedia\Flash MX\First Run\Libraries][/size] to access the library from flash go to window | common libraries [size=1]**[EDIT]** lol 😛 typo !![/size] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/storing-actionscripts/12686/12 "2003-02-03T19:14:04Z")
wow…im learing some valuable info! thank you everyone. i feel stupid for not knowing this…but…now i know! thank you so much ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/storing-actionscripts/12686/13 "2003-02-03T19:19:38Z")
well you’re not idiot 🙂 i didn’t know about them until the third day after using flash 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/storing-actionscripts/12686/14 "2003-02-03T23:15:35Z")
I use [Kodiak](http://www.5thelephant.com/). Its a simple little db app - downloadable for free (1.3) - which can store all kinds of code with formatting and color coding options. Its a little bulky but it does the job well. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/storing-actionscripts/12686/15 "2003-02-03T23:42:04Z")
senocular hey i will check that out, thank you for pointing me to that. appreciate it! sounds good