# XML and Flash ActionScript
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-flash-actionscript/101649
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 12, 2004, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-flash-actionscript/101649 "2004-02-12T09:52:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@krist\_foo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krist_foo)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2004, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-flash-actionscript/101649/1 "2004-02-12T09:52:44Z")
below is the code snippet that i used to write data in xml file. but it dun seem to work. can any one assit me?? thanks.
my\_test = new XML();
my\_test.ignoreWhite = true;
function myload() {
trace(my\_test.toString());
trace(my\_test.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[1]);
my\_test.firstChild.firstChild.insertBefore(my\_test.createElement(“NRIC”), my\_test.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[1]);
my\_test.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[1].appendChild( my\_test.createTextNode(“S8282828Z”) );
trace(my\_test);
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2004, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-flash-actionscript/101649/2 "2004-02-18T07:27:14Z")
That’s cause you haven’t actually written it to a file.
You need to store it, either in a SharedObject(client-side) or by using PHP or some other server-side language.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2004, 7:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-flash-actionscript/101649/3 "2004-02-18T07:53:09Z")
so u mean my coding is incompleted??? But I thought once I put the send command the data will be automatically uodated in the XML file??? my aim is very simple. I will be using only flash actionscript to write data to an XML file. that’s all. Is it possible?? pls give me a general guide.
thanks…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2004, 10:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-flash-actionscript/101649/4 "2004-02-18T10:19:45Z")
it is possible, but what he’s saying is that the Flash end of it can only build the xml object and then send that object to the server. On your server you need a php file which will write that data to a txt file.
I would do a search in this forum, and in the actionscript forum using the key words “writing+text+php+xml” in the search field. I’ll bet you come up with at least 4 convo’s we’ve had on this subject. If you have questions on one of those, and or how to impliment something, or obviously if you can’t find anything… write back.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2004, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-flash-actionscript/101649/5 "2004-02-18T10:23:47Z")
> \*Originally posted by krist\_foo \*
> \*\*so u mean my coding is incompleted??? But I thought once I put the send command the data will be automatically uodated in the XML file??? my aim is very simple. I will be using only flash actionscript to write data to an XML file. that’s all. Is it possible?? pls give me a general guide.
thanks… \*\*
using **only** Flash, it is impossible to write to an XML file on a server.
You can write it to the clients PC though… there’s a SharedObject tutorial in the tutorial section.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-flash-actionscript/101649/6 "2004-02-19T03:41:13Z")
thank you all of u. i will try.