Storing a Connection function without Activating it?

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#1

how do i make a table that stores a function like Button.MouseButton1Up:Connect() without activating it? is this possible? is there an easy way to store functions like these and be able to connect and disconnect them like binding in CAS?

#2

Well how you choose to reference the function which you pass to RBXScriptConnections is up to you. You can create a table of functions and simply pass the function you need to it, for example.

local ConnectionMethods = {
    MyButton1UpMethod = function()
        print("Hello, I was clicked!")
    end
}

Button.MouseButton1Up:Connect(ConnectionMethods.MyButton1UpMethod)
Alternatively (ModuleScripts):

To create a Module with a table of functions:

local ConnectionMethods = {}

function ConnectionMethods.MyMethod()
    print("Hello! You called?")
end

return ConnectionMethods

local ConnectionMethods = require(path.to.ConnectionMethods)

Button.MouseButton1Up:Connect(ConnectionMethods.MyMethod)

You can also store Button.MouseButton1Up (and other RBXScriptSignals) as its own variable too:

local Button1Up = Button.MouseButton1Up

Button1Up:Connect(ConnectionMethods.MyButton1UpMethod)

The return type for the :Connect() method is is an RBXScriptConnection, which has a :Disconnect() method. This is so you can stop a specific event from firing a function when you’re done. Just call :Connect() again to reconnect the event.

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#3

You cannot reconnect disconnected connections, if that’s what you’re asking. You have to create a new connection.

#4

ooooh! thats exactly what i need! :slight_smile: tysm

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