MEL - how to make on screen temporary message?

Alex_J

Does anybody know MEL command to do an onscreen message like this:


print command only outputs to the command line, but I'd prefer to put something on screen to minimize user mistakes. 

onionhead_o

inViewMessage

https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2023/ENU/Maya-Tech-Docs/Commands/inViewMessage.html

Alex_J

thanks @onionhead_o. i searched through there but must have looked for all the wrong terms. just what i needed