# System calls?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/system-calls/8497
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [November 22, 2002, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/system-calls/8497 "2002-11-22T05:07:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@subatomicsatan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/subatomicsatan)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2002, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/system-calls/8497/1 "2002-11-22T05:07:46Z")
hello all,
this is my first post here and i hope it’s not a dumb question…i’ve been looking all over (unsuccessfully) for a way to do this. so, here goes:
is there a way other than loadVariables or getURL to have flash mx interact with the server (for example, a perl script)? meaning, do all such interactions have to occur with a webserver running (ie access to scripts in cgi-bin)?
please forgive me if this is a dumb question. 😉
james
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/system-calls/8497/2 "2002-11-22T06:04:11Z")
as far as i know they do need a server to interact. you can get apache web server (i think there is a free version) and run that to test things.
though i really haven’t started teaching myself that stuff in depth yet. you might try posting in the server scripting section of this forum
[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=11](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=11)
good luck … and by the way, there are no dumb questions. everyone is here to ask and answer questions=)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/system-calls/8497/3 "2002-11-22T14:55:35Z")
thanx, shuga! i posted the question in the forum you suggested.
james