i have made my own tempory thanks button but it runs semi seperate to vb4 how can i call it to show amount in post legacy like post account ? do i need to add a vb

hrase the reason i ask is not sure how to call amount from database to display it
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i can call amount but not sure how to display the amount in posbit legacy under posts if anyone has an idea it would be great