How to stop a function with a GUI button

[phatzilla]

So heres the story, i have a gui button "start", when i press it will start a rather long winded function that runs on a loop (If i were to wait for it to finish, would take ~5 minutes or so). However, i want a "stop" button wherein if i push it, it will stop the function at any time.

Here's the relevant code

While 1
        $msg = GUIGetMsg()
        Select
            Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                ExitLoop
;############################################## Clicked on Play Increase Button #####################################################################
            Case $msg = $Go
    guisetfont(9,4000,0)
    GUICtrlCreateLabel(guictrlread($increase), 260, 130, 300, 50)
    GUICtrlCreateLabel("# increased : ", 157, 170, 300, 15)
    $increaser = guictrlcreatelabel("0",260,170,100,15)
    increaser() ; run our increaser function
 
;############################################## Clicked on Stop Play increaser #####################################################################
   case $msg = $stop
  
Dont iknow what to put here!
 
        EndSelect
    WEnd

So after i click start, the "increaser()" function begins, however i want to be able to stop that function even if its half way through, but it seems as if it only waits for the function to finish before any buttons become "active" on the gui...

any help

[flet]

http://www.autoitscript.com/wiki/Interrupting_a_running_function

[ravaged1]

I'm a newbie to this stuff still but I think you just loop the function until it's done or you hit the button and end function.

[wakillon]

Replace "Dont iknow what to put here!" by ExitLoop