writing a variable to a txt from flash projector

[AustinPM]

forgive me if this ground has been covered...

how can i get a custom variable (this one is called 'score')to be written to the local hard drive (ie. c:\score.txt)

i've been told it cannot be done. i didn't think flash would be without this capability for 4 versions (i'm using flash 4 for windows, BTW)

thanks in advance...

[Jaime Garate]

Hi, I just made a program in VBasic to write vars to my HD into a text file.
I run the program with the FS "EXEC" command, pass the variables and the program do the rest.
Look download this three files and let me know if this is what you are looking for.
http://209.76.97.59/ftp/read.exe
http://209.76.97.59/ftp/write.exe
http://209.76.97.59/ftp/savevars.exe
place all three in the same folder and run the write.exe first, use the read.exe to read your vars, the name of the text file is vars.exe.
you can have more than three vars, if you want i can share the source code.

[Jaime Garate]

...sorry for the typo, the name of the text file is vars.txt

[The Master]

To: Jaime Garate
Why do you need a executable to read a text file?

You should be able to read a text file without calling on a executable..

AustinPM
There are two other solutions to writing text files already available.. there is a freeware version of AFSaver available from
http://www.ashzfall.com/products/afsaver/

And there is my also my Flash Tools Beta 4 solution available at..
http://www.flashkit.com/board/showth...threadid=20493

There is also a MS-Dos method that I have not tested but is listed here..
http://www.flashkit.com/board/showth...threadid=17634

(by testing I mean I have not checked it's functionality.. nor the Operating Systems it works on)
[Edited by The Master on 10-04-2000 at 11:55 PM]

[Jaime Garate]

The read.exe is just for demonstration purposes, the important part here is a subroutine nested in my flash file called write.exe, this subroutine inserts all the special chars like &, chr(9) and "" so you don't have to deal with that every time you add or remove a variable.
The other important thing here is the executable built in VBasic that runs transparent in the background you don't even notice it.
I know, I know, you don't like VBasic, but it works, so...