[Closed] how to open the Modify panel

hello,

my script uses some functions that will only work if the Modify panel is open (weird huh!).
So, is it possible to script opening the Modify panel? The MAXScript Listener isn’t recording anything when I do this manually and I didn’t see it documented in the reference.
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The closest I found was:
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[left]modPanel.validModifier (< modifier > | < modifier_class >).
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[left]Returns true if Modify panel is open, one or more nodes are selected, and the specified modifier is applicable to all the nodes at their current edit level in the stack.
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thanks, Richard