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[deulyd]

Hi,

I have a VB6 application that has a "Search" button. The function behind the Search button may be heavy and long.

So I'd like to have a "Stop Search" button that my end user would be able to use to stop the "Search" Code.

And I dont have a clue on how to do that

Thanks

Daniel

 

[tsdragon]

What kind of search are you doing? Is is something asynchronous to your program? Is it something that your program is doing that could be interrupted?

In general, you could just have the stop button set a flag variable that your search function checks to see if it should keep going. Make sure your search function contains at least one "DoEvents" statement so the press of the stop button is detected and it's event handler is run.


Tracy Dryden

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[deulyd]

Ah thank you very much tsdragon its exactly what I was looking for! The DoEvents !

Daniel

 

[tsdragon]

Don't go overboard with putting "DoEvents" in your code. I understand that they can incur a lot of overhead. Judicious use should be OK.


Tracy Dryden

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

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