Interrupting loops

[acp32]

A general query.

If I have a button in the GUI that starts off a loop. Is there an elegant method of a second button in the GUI stopping the first loop while it is running.
At the moment I can't click on any other buttons while the loop is tied up.

Any suggestions would be gratefully received.

 

[Zyrenthian]

Run the loop in a thread. I dont know how to start a thread in Borland but I am sure someone else here can help with that. As for the second button to be clicked, In your loop for waiting for the thread to finish, also check for if the button has been clicked. Basically when you clikc the button, set a variable and your loop would be

do
{
...
}while(thread_not_done && user_clicked_cancel == false);

Matt

 

[LastCyborg]

try this
Application->ProcessMessages();

I think this is gonna work