ActiveX Description Property

ActiveX Controls have been deprecated by Microsoft in the latest versions of the Windows operating system in favor of the DotNet framework and its controls.

While MAXScript still supports ActiveX controls, these have to be installed and registered on the system to be accessible to MAXScript.

As a replacement of ActiveX controls, MAXScript supports DotNet controls in 3ds Max 9 and higher.

The .description property of any activeX control returns a description string of the format

<TypeLib name> (TypeLib info) ? <Help file name if any> - <help context id>

FOR EXAMPLE

.description on a listview control on a specific system returns:

   "MSComctlLib (Microsoft Windows Common Controls 6.0 (SP4))?C:\WINNT\HELP\cmctl198.chm-210000"