How can I stop the script execution when dialog box is unavailable?

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February 13, 2016
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Hi community!

I wrote some script, but it takes a long time to execute (>10 minutes). So I need to allow the user to cancel the operation. But while script is running, the dialog box is unavailable to use.

Is anybody have a solution? Can I make an active Stop button, or some keyboard combination to stop script execution?

Cheers

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Chuck Uebele

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On Win, I hit the escape key - sometimes you have to hit it several times. One thing about scripts, which I'm not sure how to stop is that if you're doing repetitive tasks, like something in a loop, the script will execute faster than PS can keep up, so even though you stopped the script, PS keeps running until it reaches that point where you stopped the script.

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Chuck Uebele написал(а):

... One thing about scripts, which I'm not sure how to stop is that if you're doing repetitive tasks, like something in a loop...

Yes, I use loops, so script does not respond on escape hitting

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One of the ways is to put app.refresh(); in to the working loop. Then script stops when I hitting escape, and "Close" button works too, but the script works slower...

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