Hi ,
Some of you might remember a video i posted last year about a plugin i was developing to control the Maxscript Editor via maxscript. Development on it is on hold (actually since last year) because i’ve got loads of other things to do. But it is in a pretty usable shape already, so i decided to release it in the current state…
It provides a powerfull Maxscript interface to the maxscript editor (MXSE) and the underlying Scintilla component, allows MXSE to sit in an extended viewport etc. Scintilla knowledge is a plus if you want to control the editor. It’s important to read the readme accompaning the package.
Anyways, feel free do give it a go and post your experience here
BTW: it contains Max 2008 up to 2012 only, 32 and 64 bit
2013 would require some rework because of unicode
[B]Update:
The bug appearing while MXSE sits in an extended viewport, where the Max main window cannot be minimized/maxmizied or closed is fixed with V0.50a - Please redownload !
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Here’s the demo video i recorded last year, where i control the editors text selection via an realtime playing Mp3 per AudioFloat animation controller. Pardon my voice, but i had caught a cold at that time 
MSEditor GUP demo clip on Youtube
Please Note: some commands i use in this video have a different syntax now, so they work differently. Eg. there is no global “mxsecall” function any longer, it’s encapsulated in the MXSEFuncs struct now
And here the download
[Download MXSEditor GUP V0.5 Beta1](http://www.frogsinspace.at/?download=MXSEditor Global Utility Plugin)
And finally, here’s a list of interfaces/structs the plugin provides (besides all Scintilla commands):
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Interface: MXSEditor
Properties:
.x : integer : Read|Write
.y : integer : Read|Write
.width : integer : Read|Write
.height : integer : Read|Write
.enableCallbacks : boolean : Read|Write
.isVisible : boolean : Read|Write
.verbose : boolean : Read|Write
.isExtendedVP : boolean : Read
.mainHWND : HWND : Read
.editHWND : HWND : Read
.documentCount : integer : Read
.currentDocument : string : Read
Methods:
<void>redraw()
<void>show()
<boolean>endExtendedVP()
<void>reloadOptions()
<boolean>editFile <string>filename quiet:<boolean>
quiet default value: false
<string>documentAtNumber <integer>index
<boolean>sendCommand <string>commandstring
<void>menuCommand <string>menucode
<boolean>setWindowPosition <integer>x <integer>y <integer>width <integer>height
<string>getConfigProperty <string>name
<integer>getConfigIntProperty <string>name
<void>setConfigProperty <string>name <string>value
<integer>listFunctions()
<integer>listConstants()
<integer>listProperties()
<integer>listMenucodes()
Actions:
MXSEProps (const StructDef): #Struct:MXSEProps(
list:<fn>,
set:<fn>,
get:<fn>,
dump:<fn>)
MXSEFuncs (const StructDef): #Struct:MXSEFuncs(
list:<fn>,
call:<fn>)
-- DO NOT USE MXSECallback ! , it is totally broken/unimplemented
MXSECallback (const StructDef): #Struct:MXSECallback(
list:<fn>,
set:<fn>,
disable:<fn>,
remove:<fn>,
get:<fn>,
removeAll:<fn>,
enable:<fn>)
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