interrupt a third party software

[ReDFlaG]

hello,

i launch a third party software via a button in a form

$pid = Run(@ScriptDir &'\stuff.exe, '', @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD )
     While 1
        $temp &= StderrRead($pid)
        If @error Then ExitLoop
     Wend
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but it's not working.

Can someone help?

Thanks.

[MHz]

Try this

$temp = ''
$pid = Run('"' & @ScriptDir &'\stuff.exe"', '', @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD )
Do
    $temp &= StderrRead($pid)
Until @error

Your were missing a single quote in your code.

[ReDFlaG]

My bad, it was bad copy/past.

But the issue is still the same: how to kill the processe (via a button in the GUI) while the process is still running and you are executing the loop? (it seems that i can't do anything while the prog is reading the stderr).

By the way, your loop is nicer than the one i was using, i'll use yours now, thanks!

[SmOke_N]

Spawn it using /AutoIt3ExecuteScript, keep track of the PID, and if it doesn't do what you want when you want, you can kill it in your GUI as you choose.

[MHz]

As SmOke_N suggests or use the peek flag of StderrRead.

If StderrRead is called with a third argument other than zero, StderrRead will "peek at" the stream rather than actually reading from it, and return the characters that could be read from the stream. When run as a "peek" StderrRead always returns immediately. Note that any characters are still present on the stream after a peek and will be returned on the next read operation.

[ReDFlaG]

i'v done it like that:

Do
   $temp = StderrRead($pid)
   $msg2 = GUIGetMsg()
   If $msg2 = $Stop Then
      ProcessClose ( "stuff.exe")
      ExitLoop
   EndIf
Until @error

and it's working.

thanks.