(PYTHON) self.local_settings.getSetting returning None

Autopsy Development
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Hi I have checked the existing posts and there is one similar on gitmemory but nothing here.

Autopsy Version: 4.19.1
Platform: Linux

I have a JTextArea displayed as part of my python ingest module

self.area = JTextArea(5, 25)
self.area.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(0, 0, 0, 0))
self.pane = JScrollPane()
self.pane.getViewport().add(self.area)
self.add(self.pane)

I am using a checkBoxEvent to set the property
self.local_settings.setSetting(‘hashDB’, self.area.getText())

The startup method is firing and detecting the checkbox has been selected, however it is always None.

I have checked the value in the log files and by attempting to split entries.

self.local_settings.getSetting('hashdb')
self.local_settings.getSetting('hashdb').split(',') #Testing for any data

I have read through Marks Scripts and cannot see any difference between how those are initialised to how I have mine.

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Can you share your plugin with me, either here or send it to me in an email if you don’t want to share it on this forum.

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Just to update the topic, I am testing if this is a linux vs windows thing.