Properties+, read properties of an instance

pikachu99Oo · July 19, 2021, 5:21pm

Could you give an example of how :SetValue(instance, value) works I have tried to make it set the value of a property in a frame. How is this meant to be used.

I am trying to use this in a plugin by using the following code

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService(“ReplicatedStorage”)

local Properties = require(script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Properties)

script.Parent.Parent.MouseButton1Down:Connect(function()

Properties:SetValue(script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Main.Close.Transparency,1)

end)

loueque · July 19, 2021, 6:31pm

:SetValue() is removed, there weren’t any benefits of having it in, as another workaround works, which is basically script.Parent.Name = "ServerScript"

SlipperySpelunky · July 19, 2021, 6:59pm

The only use case I see for this is in plugins, perhaps a :GetProperties() function that can only be used in plugins/command bar can suffice.

pikachu99Oo · July 20, 2021, 4:38am

Oh i see thank you for replying

F3NAI · July 20, 2021, 2:02pm

Most useful thing I’ve ever saw on developer forum, thank you! This is going to change the way I develop my games

RocketB0ii · July 23, 2021, 8:00am

loueque:

There are 12 properties for Workspace
table: 0x08156aa9bc78a5bb = {
                    ["AllowThirdPartySales"] = false,
                    ["Archivable"] = true,
                    ["ClassName"] = "Workspace",
                    ["CurrentCamera"] = Camera,
                    ["DistributedGameTime"] = 0,
                    ["FallenPartsDestroyHeight"] = -500,
                    ["FilteringEnabled"] = true,
                    ["Gravity"] = 196.1999969482422,
                    ["InterpolationThrottling"] = Default,
                    ["Name"] = "Workspace",
                    ["Parent"] = PluginEnvironment,
                    ["StreamingEnabled"] = false
                 }

unexpected

RuizuKun_Dev · July 24, 2021, 8:09pm

the module returns nil for

UIGradient
UICorner
UIStroke
ViewportFrame

loueque · July 24, 2021, 9:26pm

Thanks, updated the OP to reflect newer changes to the module.

Yea, the API dump (https://anaminus.github.io/rbx/json/api/latest.json) that I am using doesn’t include these instances, I’ll manually add them for now into the module.

RuizuKun_Dev · July 24, 2021, 9:32pm

You can use this

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Also Properties.GetProperties is very slow and inefficient because you call HttpService:GetAsync everytime the function is called instead of once and then cache the results

I made a PR to fix this

RocketB0ii · July 25, 2021, 1:48am

and can you make it returns the value of the property too? I need it

RuizuKun_Dev · July 25, 2021, 5:46pm

Just do it yourself, you already have access to the Properties that an instance has it’s not hard to index them

local Properties = {}
for _, property: string in ipairs(Properties.GetProperties(instance.ClassName)) do
	Properties[property] = instance[property]
end

RocketB0ii · July 26, 2021, 10:45am

I already tried to modify it, but it gives me an error that says “the (name) property doesn’t exist” or something like that while tries to do it

kalabgs · November 29, 2021, 7:00pm

The module is epic but i found some bugs

TrussPart is not supported
when u use instance to get the properties i think it uses the instance Name (which of course can result to different outcomes depending on the name), u should use instance ClassName. I haven’t tested it but on first look i think thats an issue

BIGHEAD_RIPOFF · March 31, 2023, 4:12pm

Really helpful module.

It will definitely help the development of Moonlight as I need to get properties of a Class that is in a table as it will be a modified version of Luau.

AllabyAIIaby · March 31, 2023, 6:37pm

I know this is really old but could you possiby add a :CheckProperty(). Returns false if that property does not exists within it and returns true if it does exist. Would really be very usefull.