# Client Exports

### generatePlate

Generating a license plate, you can use this export in your other resources in which you need to give a different license plate than the one generated by GTA by default.\
Export will return the license plate string

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```lua
---@param plateFormat: You can use the option to enter a custom format, but you can also leave the generation of the license plate according to the specified format in config vms_vehicleshopV2.

exports['vms_vehicleshopV2']:generatePlate(plateFormat)
```

{% endcode %}

<details>

<summary>Explanation</summary>

Some resources require an export to generate plates, as this export should also verify the license plates in the database so that they do not duplicate.

For example, [**esx\_policejob**](https://github.com/esx-framework/esx_policejob/blob/b3b729fe0f71721277f2285bfe71b266dca23c13/client/vehicle.lua#L244) uses the **generatePlate** export from **esx\_vehicleshop**, then replace it with the following export.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Example usage</summary>

Generate a random license plate with a specific format

```lua
local plate = exports['vms_vehicleshopV2']:generatePlate('11 XXX11')
print('My custom format generated plate:', plate)

-- The results will be random, e.g. "24 AGE49" / "53 KDF93" / "95 JDS14"
-- But the results will always follow the predefined format.
```

***

Generate random license plate with format from vms\_vehicleshopV2

```lua
local plate = exports['vms_vehicleshopV2']:generatePlate()
print('My generated plate:', plate)
```

</details>

***

### openShowroom

Opening the showroom menu

```lua
---@param {id: string or nil}: Dealership ID or don't give ID, then it will detect the current area of the dealership you are in

exports['vms_vehicleshopv2']:openShowroom(id)
```


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