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Unknown problem with my script builder??

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coo1o 227 Moderation Voter
11 years ago

So I am making a GUI-based script build with a TextBox and TextButton that runs the code when it's clicked. The main code is a LOCALScript under the ScreenGui there's a normal script with a StringValue as a child named "Source". The normal script is a child of the local script. ScreenGui -> LocalScript -> Normal script (So code doesn't run local) -> StringValue (Source) And yes, the normal script IS disabled.

Also the LocalScript is named "sfunction", the ScreenGui "scripter" and the normal script is named "runcode".

LocalScript's code:

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01local runscript = script.runcode
02local screen = script.Parent
03local frame = screen.Frame
04local run = frame.run
05 
06run.MouseButton1Click:connect(function()
07    local code = frame.tscript.Text
08    local newscript = runscript:Clone()
09    newscript.Parent = workspace
10    newscript.Source.Value = code
11    newscript.Disabled = false
12end)

Normal script:

view source
1local source = script:WaitForChild("Source")
2loadstring(source.Value)()

Output: 20:55:04.232 - An error occurred 20:55:04.233 - Script 'Players.Player1.PlayerGui.scripter.sfunction', Line 10 20:55:04.234 - stack end

Thank you

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Answered by
User#11893 186
11 years ago

This problem is occurring because your StringValue's name is "Source". Source is actually the name of a property of Scripts, and the ROBLOX API will prefer properties over hierarchal objects. The error occurs because the Source property isn't scriptable by Scripts or LocalScripts.

So, in short, to fix this problem, rename your string value "Source" to something else (like "code").

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Thanks Kenetec! I forgot about the Source property! Thanks again! coo1o 227 — 11y
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