Need help on how to exit nested loop on GUI event

[wi1d 0]

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what is wrong with this code? I tried several different ways to exit the second loop when I push stop on the GUI. All have failed.

Func _alertClient()
$frmAlertClient = GUICreate("Alert Client", 187, 54, 347, 280)
$btnStart = GUICtrlCreateButton("&Start", 8, 16, 75, 25, $BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON)
$btnStop = GUICtrlCreateButton("S&top", 104, 16, 75, 25)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
    While 1
        $msg = GuiGetMsg()
        Select
        Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            GUISetState(@SW_Hide, $frmAlertClient)
            ExitLoop
        Case $msg = $btnStart
            While 1                                              ;=========endless loop starts here
                $msg = GuiGetMsg() 
                If $msg = $btnStop Then ExitLoop
                _Talk("Attention")
                sleep(1000)
                _Talk("Could the owner of this computer please return.")
                sleep(3000)
            WEnd
            MsgBox(64, "Alert Stopped", "Client alert has been stopped.")
        Case Else
        ;;;;;;;
        EndSelect
    WEnd
EndFunc

[Knight 1]

GUIGetMsg is only checking every 4 seconds because of the sleeps. Remove the sleeps and try an alternate method using TimerInit() or something.

[wi1d 0]

Thanks a lot. Worked like a charm.

Edited July 11, 2006 by wi1d

[/dev/null 0]

Thanks a lot. Worked like a charm.

Just a suggestion:

There is one problem with your two loops. After you've pressed the start button, you cannot close the application until you press the stop button, as the GUI_EVENT_CLOSE message does not get processed in your inner loop. Maybe that's intentional, maybe not. You could set a variable after the start button was pressed. and then check that variable in your "outer" while loop, when the stop button gets pressed.

Cheers

Kurt