cant find command panel HWND in max 2018 SP3

[Christa Noel]

Hi guys,
i dont have max 2018 and i'm writing a script which need to call commandPanel HWND.

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windows.getChildHWND #max "Command Panel"]
the code above works in older max version but return undefined in max 2018. Then a friend recommends me to use this string "CommandPanelWindow", i changed it and a user said it works in max 2018 but another user said it doesnt in max 2018.3
so i need your help guys who writes maxscript and use max 2018.3
thanks.

[Frood]

The only "help" I can provide, the Command Panel line from windows.getChildrenHWND #max:

Max2018.4:
#(3935548P, 31197526P, 31197526P, "Qt5QWindowIcon", "CommandPanelWindow", 0P, 31197526P, 31197526P)

Max2016.4:
#(1923704P, 5331588P, 5331588P, "#32770", "Command Panel", 5331588P, 5331588P, 5331588P)

But with that line of code you will not get a handle anyway if the command panel is floating. It's a child of the desktop, not max in this case. I wonder how one is supposed to solve this properly.


Good Luck

[Christa Noel]

thanks frood,
hmm max 2018.4 uses "CommandPanelWindow" too ... thats weird.
about floating command panel, thats a new case for me, thanks again for pointing this out.

[mike288]

on Max 2018.0 (20.0.0.966) I am getting
#(8196840P, 5379884P, 5379884P, "Qt5QWindowIcon", "CommandPanelWindow", 0P, 5379884P, 5379884P)

Max since 2018 uses more Qt stuff that changes things like that. I suggest to test such things twice: in a pre-2018 Max version and in Max 2018.

[Christa Noel]

hi thanks mike, thats exactly as the same as what the others suggest..
it makes me assume the user uses floating command panel like frood said before which is belong to

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windows.getChildrenHWND (windows.getDesktopHWND())

[mike288]

just wanted to say that it probably did not change between 2018.0 and 2018.4

[Christa Noel]

finally it is done :D
the cause was the floating command panel :D . i never thought of floating command panel is useful by some people.
thanks guys

[Christa Noel]

hi guys, here it is final code which i shared yesterday in other forum too http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=8384594#post8384594

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(    if cui.commandPanelOpen then
    (   local popUpDialogs= UIAccessor.GetPopupDialogs()
        local currentMax= (maxVersion())[1]/1000-2
        local WindowText= "Command Panel"
        local cmdPanelName= if currentMax>=18 then "CommandPanelWindow" else WindowText
        local floatingCmdPanel
        (    for i in PopUpDialogs where
            (    UIAccessor.GetWindowText i == WindowText
            )    while FloatingCmdPanel==undefined do
            (    floatingCmdPanel= i
            )
        )
        local CommandPanelHWND=
        (    if floatingCmdPanel != undefined then
            (    floatingCmdPanel
            )    else
            (    local theHWND= windows.getChildHWND #max cmdPanelName
                theHWND[1]
            )
        )
        if CommandPanelHWND== undefined then CommandPanelHWND= windows.getChildHWND intHWND WindowText --this weird line is needed because in max 18 "CommandPanelWindow" will change to "Command Panel" when we float and dock back the command panel.
        CommandPanelHWND
    )
)
thanks