How to Stop a Looping WinBatch script

Keywords: stop a looping WinBatch script WinTitle 

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Question:

I've written a continuous looping script which checks for presence of a lock file, deletes it, then waits half an hour before looping. The script is meant to run continuously, but how can I permit an administrator to stop the script for modifications?

Answer:

In the Main Program Code, when the continuous loop discovers that the window title name is not the normal window title of "Fruitcake Server", it will exit:

mynormaltitle="Fruitcake Server"     ;pick a unique name
WinTitle("",mynormaltitle)	     ;set winbatch window to unique name
while 1
   for xx=1 to 180
   if WinName("")!=mynormaltitle then exit  ;wait for title to change
   TimeDelay(10)
   Next
   If FileExist("xxx")==1 then FileDelete(xxx)
end while

Then create ShutDown Code for a separate WinBatch script, which changes the normal title to "Shutdown":

   WinTitle("Fruitcake Server","Shutdown")

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Article ID:   W13266

Filename:   Stopping a Looping WinBatch script.txt