Help with plugin:SetSetting() and GetSetting()?

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1

I’m making a plugin for notes, and I want them to save through plugin:SetSetting() and plugin:GetSetting() how would I do this?

Heres what I have already, it doesnt work:

Save.MouseButton1Up:Connect(function()
	
	local CurrentTextboxText = ""
	
	plugin:GetSetting(CurrentTextboxText)
	plugin:SetSetting(CurrentTextboxText, true)
	
	Saved.Visible = true
	
	task.wait(5)
	
	Saved.Visible = false
	
end)

Load.MouseButton1Up:Connect(function()
	
	local CurrentTextboxText = ""
	
	local Save = plugin:GetSetting(CurrentTextboxText)
	
	if Save then
		
		TextBox.Text = CurrentTextboxText
		
	end
	
end)
2 
function plugin:SetSetting(string Key, variant value)
-- Set a setting using a key and set the value of the key in the second argument

function plugin:GetSetting(string Key)
-- Retreive a plugin setting value from the requested key

From the looks of it, you’re setting the Key for the plugin setting as the user’s text, which is a bad idea considering many different keys will be created because the text may not always be the same.

You should be doing this:

Save.MouseButton1Up:Connect(function()
	local CurrentTextboxText = "" -- Set this as the user's text
	plugin:SetSetting("UserNotes", CurrentTextboxText) -- the key is "UserNotes" and the value are the notes itself
	
	Saved.Visible = true
	task.wait(5)
	Saved.Visible = false
end)

Load.MouseButton1Up:Connect(function()
	local Save = plugin:GetSetting("UserNotes") -- get the user's notes from the key
	TextBox.Text = Save or "" -- if the user saved something before, load it, if not, then leave it blank
end)
3

That’s odd, I tried you script and saved my notes, then I went to a different place and pressed load, nothing happened.

Whenever I press load the textbox has no text.

4

Is the CurrentTextboxText being written to? Like is it being updated to contain the TextBox’s Text? Or is it still just ""?

If it’s not the former, then do:

local CurrentTextboxText = TextBox.Text
5

It only returns ""
charrrrrr

OHHH, sorry, I just realized that CurrentTextboxText is not being set to anything.

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