# Variable cookies

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-cookies/122586>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 15, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-cookies/122586 "2004-09-15T02:42:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![argonot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@argonot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/argonot)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-cookies/122586/1 "2004-09-15T02:42:56Z")

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I need to create cookies for my flash project so that it will remember where the user was from the last time the swf file was opened. A programmer friend recommended that I use variables instead of shared objects. Are there any good demos or tutorials on this? Much appreciated.