Help with task.delay

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1

is there a way to enable/disable gui’s using task.delay

ex: task.delay(1, GUI.Enabled, false)

and no i don’t want to do task.delay(1, function() GUI.Enabled = false end)

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2

You could make a function and input it as the parameter. Is this what you’re looking for?

local function TestFunction()
	print("hi")
end

task.delay(1, TestFunction)
3

ex: task.delay(1, GUI.Enabled, false)

This would be a great addition, but unfortunately it’s not a thing. The closest you will get is:

task.delay(1, function()
    GUI.Enabled = false
end)

Surprisingly, there aren’t really any downsides to using this anyway. Not sure what your use case is, but hopefully this helps.

5

damn really? that sucks hopefully roblox adds it soon

6

The closest thing you’ll get to something like that is with a custom function.

local function DelayProperty(dur, object, property, value)
	task.delay(dur, function()
		object[property] = value
		warn(property)
	end)
end

DelayProperty(1, GUI, "Enabled", false)
7

This only works in this case because :Destroy is the method of the instance GUI. The instances in the hierarchy are effectively one big metatable.

local x = {}
x.__index = x

function x.new(Name)
    local newX = setmetatable({}, x)
    newX.Name = Name

    return newX
end

function x:PrintName()
    print(self.Name)
end

local NewX = x.new("Bob")

NewX:PrintName() -- "Bob"
x.PrintName(NewX) -- "Bob"
-- Notice how these result in the same thing. This is what you're doing with GUI.Destroy

This is just part of object-oriented programming. .Enabled is a boolean and not a function so it doesn’t work the same.

8

thanks for the help, hopefully roblox adds support to enable/disable various instances using task.delay

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9

Honestly, I don’t really see a use for adding something like that. It’s usecase is for something very specific. And plus, doing:

task.delay(1, function()
    GUI.Enabled = false
end)

isn’t even that hard, nor is making a custom function.

10

Define your own property setter function.

local function SetProperty(Object, Property, Value)
	Object[Property] = Value
end

task.delay(1, SetProperty, ScreenGui, Enabled, false)
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