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Visual MAXScript is a powerful interface to the 3ds Max scripting language, making the MAXScript feature easier to learn and use. With Visual MAXScript, you can quickly create UI elements and layouts for scripting. For detailed information about Visual MAXScript, open the MAXScript Reference, available from Help menu > MAXScript Reference. MAXScript Debugger Dialog MAXScript menu > Debugger Dialog MAXScript Listener > Debugger menu > Debugger Dialog MAXScript Editor > Debugger menu > Debugger Dialog The MAXScript debugger implements the first half of a script development and debugging environment. It allows the main thread of 3ds Max to be suspended, the values of global and local variables to be examined and altered while the thread is not running, MAXScript commands to be executed from a command line, and the execution to be suspended using method calls from inside the MAXScript code. The debugger also lets you stop or continue the execution of the suspended code. For detailed information about the MAXScript debugger, consult the MAXScript Reference, available from Help menu > MAXScript Reference. Running Scripts from the Command Line 3ds Max allows you to enter MAXScript commands directly on the command line. When you launch 3ds Max from a DOS command line, you can have it run a specified launch script. This can be useful for tasks such as unattended batch-rendering. This capability uses the existing -U command line switch that names a utility to be run when 3ds Max is started. The -U switch allows an optional extra argument which, for MAXScript, is taken to be the name of the launch script to run. The case (capitalization) of MAXScript must be as shown in the following example (entered after you CD to the program directory): See the online Help to view this code sample. This example command line would launch the 3ds Max executable , start MAXScript, and then have it run the launch script rendercams.ms. 7680 | Chapter 25 User Interface