Menus in Max

[RustyKnight]

I don't think you can change menu bars, menu items, toolbars or toolbar items from within maxscript...but I certainly could be wrong

Shane

[ypuech]

You have full access to menu modification and creation trough scripting. See Menu Manager in the MAXScript Reference.

[Mr-BlueSummers]

Indeed you can do quite a lot with MenuMan.

[ramesh03]

Hi

Thanks for you valuable suggestions.What i need is, when i open Max it read all the scripts from server(i know how to read) and executes Max with my Menu(What i created through script).And it must attached to the Main Window.In Maya i am doing like this through MEL-Scripting.But here i dont know to add my Menu to the main window through Script.

Regards,
Ramesh Chowdary.

[ypuech]

In Maya i am doing like this through MEL-Scripting.But here i dont know to add my Menu to the main window through Script.
As said before, look at Menu Manager in MAXScript Reference (under MAXScript Tools and Interaction with 3ds Max > Interacting with the 3ds Max User Interface). There's some script examples showing how to do that.

[ramesh03]

Yah Good,But i dont want to add my menu through "Custom > User Interface " i want all the things through script.In Menu Manager i foung some useful things,Now i am searching.......

[ypuech]

But i dont want to add my menu through "under MAXScript Tools and Interaction with 3ds Max > Interacting with the 3ds Max User Interface" i want all the things through script.
I think you've misunderstood what I said. I've mentionned that to just tell you where the doc about Menu Manager is.

As written in the MAXScript Reference here is an example showing how to add a new entry menu in the main window :

-- This example adds a new sub-menu to MAX's main menu bar.
-- It adds the menu just before the "Help" menu.
-- Register a menu context. This returns true the first time it
-- is registered, and we can add things to the menu. If
-- it returns false, then the context is already registered,
-- and the items are already in the menu.
-- The number 0x1ee76d8e is random, and can be generated
-- using the genClassID() function.

if menuMan.registerMenuContext 0x1ee76d8e then
(
-- Get the main menu bar
local mainMenuBar = menuMan.getMainMenuBar()

-- Create a new menu
local subMenu = menuMan.createMenu "Test Menu"

-- Create a menu item that calls the sample macroScript
local testItem = menuMan.createActionItem "MyTest" "Menu Test"

-- Add the item to the menu
subMenu.addItem testItem -1

-- Create a new menu item with the menu as it's sub-menu
local subMenuItem = menuMan.createSubMenuItem "Test Menu" subMenu


-- Compute the index of the next-to-last menu item in the main menu bar
local subMenuIndex = mainMenuBar.numItems() - 1

-- Add the sub-menu just at the second to last slot
mainMenuBar.addItem subMenuItem subMenuIndex

-- Redraw the menu bar with the new item
menuMan.updateMenuBar()
)

And here is the small macroscript "MyTest" called when clicking the menu item "Menu Test" :

-- Sample menu extension script
-- If this script is placed in the "stdplugs\stdscripts"
-- folder, then this will add the new items to MAX's menu bar
-- when MAX starts.
-- A sample macroScript that we will attach to a menu item

macroScript MyTest
category:"Menu Test"
tooltip:"Test Menu Item"
(
on execute do print "Hello World!"
)

Read the reference to understand what each function are doing (menuMan.registerMenuContext, menuMan.createSubMenuItem etc.)

[ramesh03]

OOHHHH,

Sorry Yar,I am sorry. Now its fine .Its working very good.Many many thanks for this help.
Now my doubt clear.

Thanksssss.

[RustyKnight]

I do so like been proved wrong :). I have even discovered that you can "convert" a rollup into a toolbar item.

Shane

[ramesh03]

Hi Everybody.
Actually this Script working for me.But when i run this script first time its ok.When i change my menu name its not updating.and also how to add menu items here.i want to add 4 or 5 menu items.If anybody help with code greate for me.

if menuMan.registerMenuContext 0x6d2f869 then
(
-- Get the main menu bar
local mainMenuBar = menuMan.getMainMenuBar()

-- Create a new menu
local subMenu = menuMan.createMenu "Gameshastra"

-- Create a menu item that calls the sample macroScript
local testItem = menuMan.createActionItem "Add Char" "Menu Test"

-- Add the item to the menu
subMenu.addItem testItem -1

-- Create a new menu item with the menu as it's sub-menu
local subMenuItem = menuMan.createSubMenuItem "Test Menu" subMenu


-- Compute the index of the next-to-last menu item in the main menu bar
local subMenuIndex = mainMenuBar.numItems() - 1

-- Add the sub-menu just at the second to last slot
mainMenuBar.addItem subMenuItem subMenuIndex

-- Redraw the menu bar with the new item
menuMan.updateMenuBar()
)

macroScript MyTest
category:"Menu Test"
tooltip:"Test Menu Item"
(
on execute do print "Hello World!"
)

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