External MaxScript IDE

Submitted by Svennovich on Mon, 2012-08-20 12:20

Develop Scripts and Manipulate 3dsMax from your favorite IDE or application
Write MaxScript with external IDE of choice
Directly execute it from your IDE of choice
Notepad++
Notepad++ User-Defined Language template for highlighting
Notepad++MaxScript Dictionary for auto-complete
Easy setup
Download External MaxScript IDE
View full Syntax list , if you want to port it to your IDE
Full Documentation and Help

Viewing MaxScript Code in NotePad++ thanks to Syntax Highlight and Syntax Dictionary

Links

Homepage URL:

http://www.svenfraeys.com/tools/external-maxscript-ide/

Download URL:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1652825/MaxScript/ExternalMaxScriptIDE/ExternalMaxScrip...

Comments

Submitted by amartinez1660 on Fri, 2016-05-13 09:15.

Notepad++ Crash

After importing the style configurator userDefinedLang.xml in notepad++, opening a .ms file in it crashes instantly.
Any thoughts?

Submitted by PureSandvich on Thu, 2014-07-31 02:23.

having trouble installing on max2015 x64. please help!

Hi I've ran ExternalMaxScriptIDE_install.ms and got the following error.

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-- Error occurred in OpenConnection(); filename: C:\Users\owner\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2015 - 64bit\ENU\scripts\ExternalMaxScriptIDE\ExternalMaxScriptIDE_system.ms; position: 3676; line: 124
--  Frame:
--   userScriptsPath: "C:\Users\owner\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2015 - 64bit\ENU\scripts"
--   assembly: dotNetClass:System.Reflection.Assembly
--   dllPath: "C:\Users\owner\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2015 - 64bit\ENU\scripts\ExternalMaxScriptIDE\MaxScriptReceiverForm.dll"
--   maxScriptReceiverForm: dotNetObject:MaxScriptReceiverForm.MaxScriptReceiver
--   maxHndl: 525900P
--   maxHandlePointer: 525900P
--   sysPointer: dotNetObject:System.IntPtr
--   maxHwnd: undefined
--   called in anonymous codeblock; filename: C:\Users\owner\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2015 - 64bit\ENU\scripts\startup\ExternalMaxScriptIDE_startup.ms; position: 230; line: 5
--  Frame:
-- Error occurred during fileIn in "C:\Users\owner\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2015 - 64bit\ENU\scripts\ExternalMaxScriptIDE\ExternalMaxScriptIDE_system.ms"; line number: 124
-- Runtime error: Cannot resolve type: MaxCustomControls.Win32HandleWrapper

can anyone help me out with this?
Thanks!

Submitted by dkail on Wed, 2014-07-23 21:34.

Link Down

dropbox link is down.
can anyone reupload the files. ?

Submitted by sergo on Wed, 2014-02-19 21:29.

Thank you for sharing the code Sven! I was wondering how are running the maxscript so that code with errors does not show up in red in listener. Now I can learn from your code. Thanks again.
I'm using your tool with sublime text.

Submitted by xenryy on Tue, 2013-09-24 04:37.

notepad++ versions past 6.2 will crash

notepad++ versions past 6.2 will crash with userDefineLang.xml included in Notepad++_MaxScript-1.0.zip, because there are apparently more keywords defined in the file than notepad++ can handle. See here - http://sourceforge.net/p/notepad-plus/discussion/331753/thread/03d289c9?...

Submitted by locke on Tue, 2013-08-20 08:32.

Crashes

This looks very helpfull but it makes Notepad++ Crashes when i copy userDefineLang.xml to my AppData Folder. I'm on windows 8 x64 / Notepadd++ 6.4.5

Submitted by superrune on Wed, 2013-08-14 01:09.

Crashes Notepad++

I tried to install just the language definitions, but that made Notepad++ crash each time I open a maxscript file. This is in version 6.4.3. Have anyone else tried this with a later version of Notepad++ ?

www.superrune.com

Submitted by Anubis on Sat, 2012-09-01 19:05.

Wow!

Thank you very much for the source code!

As for the editor, it's ConText, but it not so powerful like Notepad++. I just using it from a long time and it's my habit :)

my recent MAXScripts RSS (archive here)

Submitted by Svennovich on Tue, 2012-08-28 23:44.

Which one are you using?

Which one are you using? Cause I am looking for an editor that supports a more wider syntax, since np++ is kinda limited in number of colors and the ( ) signs don't work as they should....

Of course i don't mind sharing my code. Hope you can learn from it.
I was planning to publish it publicly soon and explaining the technique.
I ll make a google doc in how the system works soon.

The main Idea behind it is sending strings using multiple WindowsMessages

Here is the source code.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1652825/MaxScript/ExternalMaxScriptIDE/Source/E...

http://svenfraeys.com

Submitted by Anubis on Tue, 2012-08-28 14:45.

exe? Can you share the code?

I use other editor (not NP++) and VBScript to run my MS code from my editor, but am curious about our solution. Well, if you intend to keep your programming code I'll understand you ;)

my recent MAXScripts RSS (archive here)

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