[MaxScript][C#] Calling MXS from C# / dot net ( or find equivalent in SDK)

Tools 3ds Max
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I’d like to be able to use the MXS functions MaxFileName and MaxFilePath in my C# code.
Is it possible to execute Max Script form within a C# script?
I searched on this topic and saw a contradictory set of answers, spread out over time:
…“you can’t call Max script from C#”
…“you can only do it with C++”
…“you can only do it using Ephere’s Max.NET”
…“you can call max script from c# using < ManagedServices.MaxscriptSDK.ExecuteMaxscriptCommand(MXSstring) >” (ManagedServices.MaxscriptSDK appears undocumented…)

So what is the real answer?

Also I found the sensible suggestion to avoid Max script and simply seek the SDK equivalent.
Is there a practical method for doing this, beyond brute force search of the SDK html docs?
I took a stab at finding MaxFileName and MaxFilePath or something like it in the SDK doc, but nothing yielded easily.

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Yep, ‘ManagedServices.MaxscriptSDK.ExecuteMaxscriptCommand’ is what you want for running Mxs from C#. However you won’t get return results so it has somewhat limited use.


        public static void RunMxs( string cmd )
        {
            ManagedServices.MaxscriptSDK.ExecuteMaxscriptCommand(cmd);
        }

Also I found the sensible suggestion to avoid Max script and simply seek the SDK equivalent.

That would be ideal, something I agree with and would LOVE to do. However, sometimes, in practice it’s just much simpler to run maxscript from C#… I end up doing this, usually, after I get annoyed that I’ve spent hours trying to find what I want in the sdk, and then I give in.

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This should get you the scene name.


    class MaxApi
    {
        static public IGlobal Global = Autodesk.Max.GlobalInterface.Instance;
        static public IInterface13 Interface = MaxApi.Global.COREInterface13;

        static public string FileName()
        {
           return MaxApi.Interface.CurFileName;
        }
    }

… have not tested the code…