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NAME is not a valid member of Textbutton?

Asked Feb 22, 2017641 views2 answers

I am trying to make a script that kicks people when the name is entered in a text box. However after multiple layouts and attempts they all end up saying "NAME is not a valid member of Textbutton" please help because I am very stuck :) Thanks!

So the structure of my layout is /> AdminGUI />ClickKick --Text Button />LocalScript />NAME -- Text Box And the code is

local PLAYERNAME = script.Parent.NAME.Text
function click()
game.Players.PLAYERNAME:Kick("Kicked by server admin")

end


script.Parent.MouseButton1Down:connect(click)

AnonymousFeb 22, 2017Edited Feb 22, 2017

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My guess is that NAME is somehow being mixed up with Name

I would suggest renaming it to something else for example 'PlayerName"

Also you should make sure that the player exist before kicking them.

Edit: Updated it so that it will tell you if the player doesn't exist

Example Structure:

--AdminGUI
	--ClickKick --Text Button
		--LocalScript --LocalScript
		--PlayerName -- Text Box

Script:

function click()
	local PlayerName = script.Parent.PlayerName
	if game:GetService("Players"):FindFirstChild(PlayerName.Text) then
		game.Players[PlayerName.Text]:Kick("Kicked by server admin")
	else
		PlayerName.Text = "Player doesn't exist"
	end
end


script.Parent.MouseButton1Down:connect(click)

Not tested but it should work

AnonymousFeb 22, 2017Edited Feb 22, 2017Permalink

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Ah, thanks :) it all worked however i had to change it to a 'Script' instead of a 'Local Script'

AnonymousFeb 22, 2017#

Updated it so that it will tell you if the player doesn't exist

AnonymousFeb 22, 2017#

The script may be loading before the GUI does. To fix this, you need to wait until the button exists with WaitForChild():

local PLAYERNAME=script.Parent:WaitForChild("NAME").Text
function click()
    game.Players[PLAYERNAME]:Kick("Kicked by server admin")
end
script.Parent.MouseButton1Down:connect(click)

You may have also noticed that I put PLAYERNAME in brackets on line 3. This is so the script knows to use the variable instead of looking for a player named "PLAYERNAME".

I hope this helped!

AnonymousFeb 22, 2017Edited Feb 22, 2017Permalink

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oh wow, xD thanks man! :D

AnonymousFeb 22, 2017#

However there was still an error when i used this :>

AnonymousFeb 22, 2017#

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