MaxScript Methodology: Loops...

[blakestone]

Good morning, this post is more about the understanding of how to approach MaxScript when it is being continuously executed which I assume will be using some form of Loop to keep the script active, or maybe there is a mode which you can put the script into?

An example of this would be say using the "PainterInterface" you would first execute the Painter script and then execute a Loop to keep the script active and obtain the user input data etc. However I am finding that running a Loop in instances like this I have troubles exiting the Loop or the Loop interferes with whats being executed (mostly performance wise).

Would there be a particular mode that you can put the script into rather than a Loop which you can say Enable/Disable via a GUI Button. Such as a button like ... ... etc.

Again this is not specific to Painting it can be for anything which requires continuous updating until the user decides to stop executing.

[Steve_Curley]

I don't believe you need a loop - at least not in the sense of looping until the painting (or whatever) is finished.

Have a look at the "How To..." section of the Maxscript Help - several of them require multiple clicks, one of them is actually about painting on a bitmap. They may be of some use.