Anyone know how to deal with activeX in 3ds Max?

Submitted by wingwingwing on Mon, 2010-06-21 22:59

I'm trying to achieve serial communication in 3ds max by accessing activex control, mscomm

Below is my script:

utility ActiveXTEST "ActiveX Test"

(
rollout mscommtest "MSCOMM TEST" width:200 height:300
(
ActiveXControl MSComm1 "MSCOMMLib.MSComm.1" \
pos:[3,5] width: 156 height: 191

button btn1 "Connect COM 1" pos:[24,131] width:110 height:27
on btn1 pressed do
(
MSComm1.Settings = "2400,N,8,1"
MSComm1.CommPort = 1
MSComm1.PortOpen = True
)
slider sl1 "Servo 1" type:#integer orient:#vertical ticks:0 range:[0,255,128]
on sl1 changed value do
(

MSComm1.Output = "255"
MSComm1.Output = "0"
MSComm1.Output = "value"

)
)
on ActiveXTEST open do
(
addRollout mscommtest
)
)

i can access to com port but when i move the slider, 2 messages box appears:

-(maxscript rollout handler exception):
Runtime error: cannot set the property, .output

-(maxscript)
this property needs an index, use setIndexedProperty #output

Can anyone help me with this? i donno why this happen and i donno how to use the "setIndexedProperty #output" function...

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Submitted by lutteral on Tue, 2010-06-22 08:37.

maybe using dotNet instead of

maybe using dotNet instead of activeX ?
here i've found some info on dotNet and com ports:
http://www.codeproject.com/kb/dotnet/DotNetComPorts.aspx

cheers,

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Submitted by Anubis on Tue, 2010-06-22 02:24.

I not work with activeX but I

I not work with activeX but I guess that .Output expect integer value (not a string), so just try:

on sl1 changed value do
(
    MSComm1.Output = value
)

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