Scripting: How to cancel long-running DataMerge.mergeRecords()?

[chartbot]

I have a script that does something like this:

app.activeDocument.dataMergeProperties.mergeRecords();

How can the operation be stopped or cancelled under script control, for example if the user decides it's taking too long?

This script is running in a designated targetengine

[Manan Joshi]

Check out the following discussion

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/press-escape-to-stop-the-script/m-p/10939058

However, I doubt you will be able to fine tune that to break an existing method call as you mentioned.

-Manan