Re-3: abort scripts

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, runrev260805 at m-r-d.de wrote:

> I have a stack with one card. The card contains 4 Buttons. 3 Buttons start
> routines, which take about 5 minutes each to finish. Clicking on the fourth
> button shall abort the running sript of the button, which was pressed.
> 
> Thought, i could solve this with 'send "exit to top" to button btnToStop',
> where btnToStop contains the button name. But this does not work.
> 
> How can i achieve this?

Assuming your routine is a loop of some kind, you could do it by setting a
custom property of the card, similar to this:

[routine button scripts]
 on mouseUp
   set the allowProcessing of this cd to true
  doMyRoutine
 end mouseUp

 on doMyRoutine
    if not the allowProcessing of this cd then exit to top
    -- do myStuff
    send "doMyRoutine" to me in 5 millisecs
 end doMyRoutine



[cancel button script]
 on mouseUp
   set the allowProcessing of this cd to false
 end mouseUp



Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design