Cannot exit gui nor stop a portion of code

[YxSilentxY]

Hey all. I've recently started learning AutoIt, and creating a GUI was the first on the list of things to learn. However, I'm stuck: when I click start on my GUI, the portion of code that happens when that event is processed proceeds as normal, but I cannot exit the window nor can I stop the portion of code. I can't debug the code myself because it seems fine to me. Can someone help please? Thanks.

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#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
 
$kevinGUI = GUICreate("AutoIt GUI Example", 335, 100) ;creates GUI box with dimensions (x,y)
 
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) ;displays the actual GUI box.
 
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Buff 1", 8, 10) ;create a text label
$buff1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 35, 8, 120) ;creates an input box at position (x,y) and width z
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Time", 8, 44)
$buffDuration1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 35, 40, 120)
 
$startButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Start", 190, 8, 60) ;creates button at position (x,y) and width z
$stopButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Stop", 260, 8, 60) ;creates stop button at position (x,y) and width z
 
$buff1Timer = TimerInit()
 
 
While 1
   $getEvent = GUIGetMsg() ;continuously checks to see if new events take place
 
    Select
case $getEvent = $startButton ;if event is start button has been clicked
$sendBuff1 = GUICtrlRead($buff1) ;save whatever was typed inside buff1 to variable sendBuff1
$sendBuffDuration1 = GUICtrlRead($buffDuration1) * 1000 ;save whatever was typed inside buffDuration1 to variable sendBuffDuration1
 
While 1
 
   $buff1TimePassed = TimerDiff($buff1Timer)
If $buff1TimePassed > ($sendBuffDuration1) Then
  Send($sendBuff1)
  $buff1Timer = TimerInit()
   EndIf
 
WEnd
 
   case $getEvent = $stopButton
  ExitLoop
 
 
   case $getEvent = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE ;if event is clicking on [x] button in window
ExitLoop ;exit any loops
GUIDelete($kevinGUI) ;close the window
EndSelect
 WEnd

[Melba23]

YxSilentxY,

Welcome to the AutoIt forums.

The reason you find your GUI unresponsive is because once the inner loop (lines 26-34) is entered you have no way of exiting, and so you never check for events after the loop has started. What you need to do is check for events inside that loop.

And as this is essentially a spam script, please make sure you read the Forum rules (there is also a link at bottom right of each page) - before you post again.

M23