Help with plugin:SetSetting

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#1

So I making a plugin called ScriptBoard and I don’t know how to save my script snippets as idk how to use plugin:SetSetting correctly

local toolbar = plugin:CreateToolbar("ScriptBoard")
local desc = "Open's up the clipboard which you can use to copy, paste scripts!"
local button = toolbar:CreateButton("Open ScriptBoard",desc,"rbxassetid://rbxassetid://9068459387")
local help = toolbar:CreateButton("Info","Opens information UI","rbxassetid://8693322638")
local widgetInfo = DockWidgetPluginGuiInfo.new(
	Enum.InitialDockState.Float,
	false,
	false,
	200,
	300,
	200,
	300
)

local Back = script.Parent.UIS.Back
local Code = script.Parent.UIS.Code

local Clipwid = plugin:CreateDockWidgetPluginGui("ScriptBoard", widgetInfo)
Clipwid.Title = "ScriptBoard"
Clipwid.Name = "ScriptBoard"
Back.Parent = Clipwid

local info = script.Parent.UIS.Info

button.Click:Connect(function()
	Clipwid.Enabled = not Clipwid.Enabled
end)
help.Click:Connect(function()
	if info.Parent == script.Parent.UIS then
		info.Parent = game.CoreGui
	else
		info.Parent = script.Parent.UIS
	end
end)


-- below this is store system
local function SerializeCode(code,t,n)
	return {
		[n] = {
			Text = t,
			Name = n}
	}
end

local function DeserializeCode(data)
	local c = Code:Clone()
	c.Parent = Back.ClipboardF
	c.Name = data.Name
	if data.Text ~= "" then
		c:Destroy()
	else
		c.CPreview.Text = data.Text
		c.CPreview.TextColor3 = settings().Studio["Text Color"]
		c.CPreview.BackgroundColor3 = settings().Studio["Background Color"]
		c.CName.Text = data.Name
	end
end

for i,v in pairs(plugin:GetSetting("Codes")) do
	DeserializeCode(v)	
end



local function Update(typ)
	repeat
		wait()
	until Back:FindFirstChild("ClipboardF") ~= nil
	for i,child in pairs(Back:WaitForChild("ClipboardF"):GetChildren()) do
		if child:IsA("Frame") then
			local cp = child.CPreview
			local cn = child.CName
			if typ == 1 then
				plugin:SetSetting("Codes",SerializeCode(child,cp.Text,cn.Text))
			else
				plugin:SetSetting("Codes",SerializeCode(child,"",cn.Text))
			end
		end
	end
end

Back.ClipboardF.ChildAdded:Connect(function()
	Update(1)
	print(plugin:GetSetting("Codes"))
end)
Back.ClipboardF.ChildRemoved:Connect(function()
	Update(2)
end)

here’s the code

i legit wanna die cuz i cant think anything

#2

I’ve never used it before but it seems that you’ll need to make a system to make multiple keys. Right now you’re just overriding the same key called “Codes”. If you don’t want multiple keys, you can probably store all the snippets in one table and save it to a single key.

#3

can you show me a example? cuz idk how to do that

#4

I’m not able to test it, but maybe this will give you some ideas at least. Basically instead of saving each snippet to the key “Codes”, you put the serialized snippet into a table I made called “CodesTable”, then after each snippet you add, it saves the CodesTable of all the snippets to the plugin so that if they leave, it’ll be saved. I also added a part at the top that uses GetSetting to get the table that was saved from the last session and updates the CodesTable.

-- below this is store system

local CodesTable = {} --Table of all of the snip tables

local Codes = plugin:GetSetting("Codes") --Load CodesTable from the last session, if it has been saved before
if Codes then
	CodesTable = Codes
end

local function SerializeCode(code,t,n)
	local NewTable = {
		[n] = {
			Text = t,
			Name = n}
	}
	table.insert(CodesTable, NewTable)
end

local function DeserializeCode(data)
	local c = Code:Clone()
	c.Parent = Back.ClipboardF
	c.Name = data.Name
	if data.Text ~= "" then
		c:Destroy()
	else
		c.CPreview.Text = data.Text
		c.CPreview.TextColor3 = settings().Studio["Text Color"]
		c.CPreview.BackgroundColor3 = settings().Studio["Background Color"]
		c.CName.Text = data.Name
	end
end

for i,v in pairs(plugin:GetSetting("Codes")) do
	DeserializeCode(v)	
end

local function Update(typ)
	repeat
		wait()
	until Back:FindFirstChild("ClipboardF") ~= nil
	for i,child in pairs(Back:WaitForChild("ClipboardF"):GetChildren()) do
		if child:IsA("Frame") then
			local cp = child.CPreview
			local cn = child.CName
			if typ == 1 then
				SerializeCode(child,cp.Text,cn.Text) --Serializes and adds it to CodesTable
				plugin:SetSetting("Codes", CodesTable) --Saves CodesTable with SetSetting
			else
				SerializeCode(child,"",cn.Text)
				plugin:SetSetting("Codes", CodesTable)
			end
		end
	end
end

Back.ClipboardF.ChildAdded:Connect(function()
	Update(1)
	print(plugin:GetSetting("Codes"))
end)
Back.ClipboardF.ChildRemoved:Connect(function()
	Update(2)
end)