Help with accessing a value within the players client when clicking a textbutton which has the players name then returning the value to a text label

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#43

“Server Script” goes under ServerScriptService
“Client Script” goes in your GUI or in your Callsign TextBox
and to get a persons Callsign when you click on a name in the list, just add this to your TextButton’s clicked event: (This assumes that “Player” is the Player instance the TextButton represents)
(And that SignLabel is the TextLabel that displays the callsign)

SignLabel.Text = Player:GetAttribute("Callsign") or Player.DisplayName
#44

How would I get the player from text

#45

I’m gonna assume you had to get their Name for the TextButton from somewhere.

#46

What I’m saying is, how would i get the player from the textbuttons text

#47

as i can’t access the player instance without referencing player properly

#48

Assuming that TextButton.Text is set to Player.Name,
you just do:

local Player = game:GetService("Players"):FindFirstChild(TextButton.Text)
#49

Basically for every player found it clones a gui and the gui text becomes the player name

#50

And your client script errors eitherway with attempt to index nil with connect

this is the line CallsignTextbox.FocusLost:Connect(function(ClientPressedEnter)

#51

It’s not plug and play, you need to change this line to the path of your TextBox, otherwise it won’t work.

#52

ok i noticed i needed to remove .text

#53

Show me your explorer window (where you see the instance tree) So I can see where the script is located and where your textbox is

edit: k

#54

however it now errors with onserverevent is not a valid member of remotefunction

#55

You didn’t need to change this. The Server script makes its own Remote.

#56

I didn’t heres my server script

local Remote = Instance.new("RemoteFunction")
Remote.Name = "CallsignEvent"
Remote.Parent = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local TextService = game:GetService("TextService")

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local function FilterText(Text, UserId)
	local FilterResult
	local Success, Failure = pcall(function()
		FilterResult = TextService:FilterStringAsync(Text, UserId)
	end)
	if Success then
		return FilterResult
	elseif Failure then
		print("TextService:FilterStringAsync() failed:", Failure)
	end
	return nil
end

Remote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(Player, Callsign)
	if type(Callsign) ~= "string" then return end
	if string.len(Callsign) == 0 then return end
	local FilterObject = FilterText(Player.UserId)
	if FilterObject then
		local FilteredString
		local Success,Failure = pcall(function()
			FilteredString = FilterObject:GetNonChatStringForBroadcastAsync()
		end)
		if Success then
			Player:SetAttribute("Callsign", FilteredString)
		end
	end
end)
#57

and i’ve checked remotes only valid member is invokeserver as you’ve instanced a remote function

#58

Ah, that’s my fault. Change Line 1 “RemoteFunction” to “RemoteEvent”

Probably got them mixed up writing it just after ranting about RemoteFunctions originally.

#59

Now the text label is returning the players name and not the players callsign

heres the script

		currentofficersreplication.Button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
					local Player = game:GetService("Players"):FindFirstChild(currentofficersreplication.Callsign.Text)
					officercallsign.Text = Player:GetAttribute("Callsign") or Player.DisplayName
				end)
#60

They haven’t put a Callsign in yet then.
And also, use this code.

		currentofficersreplication.Button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
					local Player = game:GetService("Players"):FindFirstChild(currentofficersreplication.Button.Text)
					officercallsign.Text = Player:GetAttribute("Callsign") or Player.DisplayName
				end)

The only change I made was to which Text you were using to get the Player. You were using Callsign.Text but you were clicking a button that you’ve previously said has its .Text set as their Name.

#61

that won’t work as the callsign variable is where the players name is and getattribute isnt a valid member of player

edit: nvm it is a valid member

edit: however “Callsign” isnt and i’m unsure what callsign is

#62

You really need to show us the Explorer window of this GUI. It’s so hard to help you just hoping you get everything right and I have no idea how it should work.