Driving maya from an external app

[iaki]

Does anyone know of a way for an external app ie. not a plugin as such, to generate a mel script that is "fed" to maya for "processing". I don't want to source the script from "within" maya but perhaps pipe the mel to maya, or have maya listen on a port.
Ta,
Ian

[gmask]

You need to look into the Maya Port it is not wll documented but it lets you talk to maya.

[iaki]

Thanks for the reply, gmask - seems to be what I'm looking for, though like you said, it is not well documented.

Any suggestions as to where further resources or additional examples utilizing the Maya command port could be found?

Your advice is greatly appreciated...