C++, visual studio form, start and stop buttons for function in another cpp

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Im total beginner and I know I can't get proper answer from most forums. I hope this forum is friendly for noobies, because I swear I have been looking tutorials to solve this problem, but without luck.

I have created a gui form with Visual Studio 2022 on Windows with C++.

I have:
- MyForm.h
(start button)
(stop button)
-test.cpp
(function that runs a loop)

I can launch the function with the start button, but I can't stop it. I havent found out, which is the correct way to do this. Currently I'm trying to send state message for while loop (0 for start, 1 for stop).

What I have tried:

Here is my code:

MyForm.h

C++

private: System::Void startButton_Click(System::Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ e) {
	test_function(0);
}

private: System::Void stopButton_Click(System::Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ e) {
	test_function(1);
}

test.cpp

C++

int test_function(int stop) {
  while(stop == 0) {
     //run my code
  }
}

Posted 28-Dec-21 8:30am

WantToLearn1

Updated 28-Dec-21 23:03pm

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Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-28T23:03:00

C++

int test_function(int stop) {
  while(stop == 0) {
     //run my code
  }
}

This code will continue to run until the end of time as there is nothing in the code to cause it to stop. And that means that even pressing the stop button will have no effect because your program is stuck in this infinite loop. You need to use an external flag so that the loop can check if the stop button has been pressed. Something like:

C++

private bool stop = false;
private: System::Void startButton_Click(System::Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ e) {
    stop = false;
	test_function();
}

private: System::Void stopButton_Click(System::Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ e) {
    stop = true;
}
void test_function() {
  while(stop == false) {
    //run my code
    }
  }
}

Although in reality this may still not work as the loop will tend to block the GUI, so use with caution.