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Hi,

I know this is ratherr tired topic, and yes, I've read the tutorial, but either I'm missing smth, or it doesn't answer my needs entirely.

Here's an outline of actual code, in which I need to interrupt My Func () and return to main loop. For now, as you may see, it exits the script:

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

Global $gui = GUICreate ("Stopped", 200, 70)
Global $run_button = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Run", 20, 20, 70, 30)
Global $exit_button = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Exit", 110, 20, 70, 30)

GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)

Global $gui_message

While $gui_message <> $exit_button
  $gui_message =  GUIGetMsg ()

  Switch $gui_message

    Case $run_button
      WinSetTitle ($gui, "", "Running...")
      GUICtrlSetState ($run_button, $GUI_DISABLE)
      GUICtrlSetState ($exit_button, $GUI_DISABLE)

      MyFunc ()

      GUICtrlSetState ($run_button, $GUI_ENABLE)
      GUICtrlSetState ($exit_button, $GUI_ENABLE)
      WinSetTitle ($gui, "", "Stopped")

  EndSwitch

  Sleep (10)
WEnd

Func MyFunc ()
  ;This function might take hour to finish, so naturally I want to find an effective way to interrupt it
  HotKeySet ("{Esc}", "Terminate")

  While 1
    ;One loop of said function might take a minute or two to finish, while I need to interrupt it immediately upon request
    Sleep (10)
  WEnd

  HotKeySet ("{Esc}", "")
EndFunc

Func Terminate ()
  ;When interrupted I want to return to main loop, not exit app entirely
  If MsgBox (20, "", "Terminate?") = 6 Then Exit
EndFunc 

Few prerequisites that ideally I'd like to keep:

- I'm using MessageLoop mode and do not want use OnEvent.

- In actual script MyFunc () is launched from another function, not from main body if that's important.

- Stopping My Func () from GUI is not possible, it should be a hotkey > prompt dialog > yes or no.

- Waiting for finishing one pass in MyFunc () loop is not an option as it might take rather long, it should quit immediately.

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If you want to exit out of a function, but not the script use a

Return
statement.

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Try this:

 

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

Global $gui = GUICreate ("Stopped", 200, 70)
Global $run_button = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Run", 20, 20, 70, 30)
Global $exit_button = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Exit", 110, 20, 70, 30)

GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)

Global $gui_message, $bInterrupted = False

While $gui_message <> $exit_button
  $gui_message =  GUIGetMsg ()

  Switch $gui_message

    Case $run_button
      WinSetTitle ($gui, "", "Running...")
      GUICtrlSetState ($run_button, $GUI_DISABLE)
      GUICtrlSetState ($exit_button, $GUI_DISABLE)

      MyFunc ()

      GUICtrlSetState ($run_button, $GUI_ENABLE)
      GUICtrlSetState ($exit_button, $GUI_ENABLE)
      WinSetTitle ($gui, "", "Stopped")

  EndSwitch

  Sleep (10)
WEnd

Func MyFunc ()
  ;This function might take hour to finish, so naturally I want to find an effective way to interrupt it
  HotKeySet ("{Esc}", "Terminate")
  Local $iRet
  While True
    ;One loop of said function might take a minute or two to finish, while I need to interrupt it immediately upon request
    If $bInterrupted Then
        $iRet = MsgBox(4 + 32, "Question", "Do you want to terminate the process?")
        If $iRet = 6 Then
            ExitLoop
        Else
             $bInterrupted = False
        EndIf
    EndIf
    Sleep (50)
  WEnd
  HotKeySet ("{Esc}")
  If $bInterrupted Then MsgBox(0, "Test", "The function has been interrupted!", 30)
  $bInterrupted = False
EndFunc

Func Terminate ()
  ;When interrupted I want to return to main loop, not exit app entirely
  $bInterrupted = True
EndFunc

Br,

UEZ

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And here's a problem "One loop of said function might take a minute or two to finish, while I need to interrupt it immediately upon request". Change that Sleep to whopping 60000 and that's how it'd function in a real life :)

 

what are you trying to do that will take an hour to complete?

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Can you post that function which takes > 1 minute? Sleep() is not a good for a reproduction of your problem because Sleep() interrupts your script completely.

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mjolnirmarkiv,

 

;This function might take hour to finish, so naturally I want to find an effective way to interrupt it

;One loop of said function might take a minute or two to finish, while I need to interrupt it immediately upon request

As I say in the tutorial:

Remember that you must be in OnEvent mode and start the function from the main code - or have a function which checks internally whether it ought to allow an interruption

As you have effectively said that you can meet neither of those conditions, then I am afraid that you need to read the next line:

In all other cases you are not going to be able to interrupt your function

So you need to look elsewhere. :(

Perhaps you could run the long function as a separate script using an a3x file - then your main script remains active all the time and you can kill the other script when ever necessary. Depending on what exactly this function returns you may have to look into interprocess communication to get at it - but that is not overly difficult. Can you give us more details of what exactly you are doing - the more details the better we can help. :)

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Can you post that function which takes > 1 minute? Sleep() is not a good for a reproduction of your problem because Sleep() interrupts your script completely.

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UEZ

I could but it won't work if I won't post another over 2000 strings of code, basically there's a lot of WinWait's, ControlDoThis's and ControlDoThat's. Of course, I could insert a dozen of checks for $bInterruped in the loop, but I'm thinking of a more suitable solution.

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mjolnirmarkiv,

 

As I say in the tutorial:

As you have effectively said that you can meet neither of those conditions, then I am afraid that you need to read the next line:

So you need to look elsewhere. :(

Well, OnEvent might actualy work here, but I need to rethink the entire concept and leave some UIs for user to operate then. While right now I hide entire GUI and block user input except for Esc key when function is running. I'm not sure though if accelkeys assosiated with dummy controls will work if there's no GUI shown or it lost focus (and I need to focus on another app to operate it when this function runs).

 

Perhaps you could run the long function as a separate script using an a3x file - then your main script remains active all the time and you can kill the other script when ever necessary.

Thanks, will look into it.

Depending on what exactly this function returns you may have to look into interprocess communication to get at it - but that is not overly difficult.

Nothing in particular, either 1 and after demonstrating "Done" dialog box the script returns to idle loop, or 0 if some WinWait has reached its timeout and again returns to idle loop.

 

Can you give us more details of what exactly you are doing - the more details the better we can help. :)

The function is just doing some office work by setting up info in the database (I wish I'd have direct access to that database, but no, I had to operate that app with varrious ControlCommand's), which otherwise would have took gargantuan amount of time and nerve cells.

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mjolnirmarkiv,

Given that explanation I think a separate a3x file is definitely the way to go. Let me know if you need any help. :)

But a word of warning - what happens to your database if you suddenly halt the actions being taken upon it in mid-function? Do you not risk corrupting the data? :huh:

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GUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUI
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GUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView items
GUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeView
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NoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxes
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Yes, that's the way it seems... or checking for some boolean var every few lines in the loop :) I just wanted to check if I'm missing smth obvious here, so it may considered solved.

It might have corrupted smth if I've worked with database directly, which is not the case sadly. Since I'm doing it thought a client -- most definitely no, the user will just start from the place it has finished -- no problem.

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