Hello, I am looking for a way to simulate pressing a button on the 3DS Max UI through Maxscript. The Transform Type-In button to be precise. Here is a picture of the button in question: 
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I can’t use UIAccessor.PressButtonByName because it doesn’t have a name. My attempt to solve the problem was using this code:
n = 1
for i in windows.getChildrenHWND #max do
(
n += 1
print (i[5] + "___ID:" + n as string)
)
This would spit out the ID of the text “X:”. I then try executing
UIAccessor.PressButton (windows.getChildrenHWND #max)[n-3][1], however it doesn’t seem to work. Which is odd, since when I put in n-5, which should correspond to the “Selection Lock Toggle” button, it works just fine, as well as n-7 for the “Isolate Selection Toggle” and etc.
For some reason I am not able to access this button.
Do any of you have any idea what the problem might be? Any help would be greatly appreciated
Not sure why the UIAccessor command isn’t working for that button…an alternative that worked for me is:
inx = 339 --the ID of the "X:" static control minus 2, which is the transform type-in button
hwnd = (windows.getChildrenHWND #max)[inx]
windows.sendmessage hwnd[1] 0x0201 0x0001 0 --mouse button down
windows.sendmessage hwnd[1] 0x0202 0x0001 0 --mouse button up
it’s a ‘check-button’ functionally button. it catches mousedown event instead of mouseclick.
you can see that it works on ‘mouse down’ and doesn’t need ‘up’. so it’s enough to send only WM_LBUTTONDOWN message:
windows.sendMessage <button_hwnd> WM_LBUTTONDOWN 0 0 -- WM_LBUTTONDOWN = 0x0201
But the other two buttons alongside it are also checkbuttons, and the UIAccessor code works fine for them…
Thank you for your help ivanisavich No idea what is happening behind the scenes to cause that button to not behave like all the rest, but regardless I’m glad you managed to find a solution! ^^
For any ICustButton control there’s a much better way to do this
It allows you to easily access lots of button properties and methods.
fn ToggleTransformTypeInRelativeMode =
(
local g = (dotNetClass "Autodesk.Max.GlobalInterface").Instance
local hwnd = undefined
local GetResID = uiaccessor.GetWindowResourceID
for c in windows.getChildrenHWND g.coreinterface7.StatusPanelHWnd while hwnd == undefined where c[4] == "CustButton" and GetResID c[1] == 40716 do hwnd = c[1]
if hwnd != undefined do
(
local btn = g.GetICustButton (dotnetobject "system.intptr" hwnd)
local state = not btn.IsChecked
-- show btn
-- showMethods btn
btn.SetCheck state
g.ReleaseICustButton btn
-- returning current state of the button
state
)
)
ToggleTransformTypeInRelativeMode()Properties:
.CaptionText : <System.String>, read-only
.CurFlyOff : <System.Int32>, read-only
.DADMgr : <Autodesk.Max.IDADMgr>
.HighlightColor : <System.Drawing.Color>
.Hwnd : <System.IntPtr>, read-only
.Implementation : <System.Object>, read-only
.INativeObject__Handle : <System.IntPtr>, read-only
.IsChecked : <System.Boolean>, read-only
.IsEnabled : <System.Boolean>, read-only
.MacroButtonData : <Autodesk.Max.IMacroButtonData>
.TextLength : <System.Int32>, read-onlyMethods:
.Disable()
.Dispose()
.Enable <System.Boolean>onOff
.Enable2 <System.Boolean>onOff
.<System.Boolean>Equals <Autodesk.Max.IInterfaceServer>other
.<System.Boolean>Equals <System.Object>obj
.[static]<System.Boolean>Equals <System.Object>objA <System.Object>objB
.<System.IntPtr>Execute <System.Int32>cmd <System.UIntPtr>arg1 <System.UIntPtr>arg2 <System.UIntPtr>arg3
.<System.Int32>GetHashCode()
.<Autodesk.Max.IBaseInterface>GetInterface <Autodesk.Max.IInterface_ID>id
.GetText <System.String&>text
.GetText <System.String>text <System.Int32>ct
.<System.Type>GetType()
.<Autodesk.Max.Wrappers.IReentryInterfaceServer*>reentrant()
.[static]<System.Boolean>ReferenceEquals <System.Object>objA <System.Object>objB
.SetButtonDownNotify <System.Boolean>notify
.<System.Boolean>SetCaptionText <System.String>text
.SetCheck <System.Boolean>checked_
.SetCheckHighlight <System.Boolean>highlight
.SetCurFlyOff <System.Int32>f <System.Boolean>notify
.SetFlyOff <System.Int32>count <Autodesk.Max.IFlyOffData>data <System.Int32>timeOut <System.Int32>init <System.Int32>dir <System.Int32>columns
.SetIcon <Autodesk.Max.IMaxBmpFileIcon>pIcon <System.Int32>w <System.Int32>h
.SetImage <System.IntPtr>hImage <System.Int32>iOutEn <System.Int32>iInEn <System.Int32>iOutDis <System.Int32>iInDis <System.Int32>w <System.Int32>h
.SetInIcon <Autodesk.Max.IMaxBmpFileIcon>pInIcon <System.Int32>w <System.Int32>h
.SetRightClickNotify <System.Boolean>notify
.SetText <System.String>text
.SetTooltip <System.Boolean>bEnable <System.String>text
.SetType <Autodesk.Max.CustButType>type
.<System.String>ToString()
.UpdateEnableState <Autodesk.Max.IAnimatable>anim <System.Int32>subNum