"Break" monitor

[EdDickens]

In LabVIEW we have the Termination Monitor VI's we can use to watch for the sequence being terminated.

I've been poking through the properties and methods to see if there's a similar way to monitor for a "Break" command in the sequence and so far can't seem to find one.

Does one exist or do I need to just create my own?

[~jiggawax~]

Are you talking about when someone aborts a LabVIEW VI? 

The engine already handles all terminations submitted through the UI or Sequence Editor.

[EdDickens]

No, trying to detect when someone hits the "Break" button (looks like a Pause button) in TestStand.

Reason is there will be some asynchronous VI's running during the sequence and the operator will sometimes need to Pause the sequence and I need to be able to properly handle the Pause in the background processes.

[~jiggawax~ · Accepted solution]

Execution.GetStates

You should be able to get that from the sequence context.

The ExecutionRunStates enum will provide you with the correct information.

Unfortunately there isn't a VI for this already.

[EdDickens]

Thanks. That's what I was looking for. I figured it had to be there somewhere, just couldn't find the correct one.

[~jiggawax~]

Glad to know that's what you were looking for.

In addition the UI Message: 1 BreakOnUserRequest gets sent whenever a break occurs.  This is useful if you need to detect when the user triggered a break.  You can create an event off of it.

Good luck,

[EdDickens]

The UI message might be helpful.

I'll keep it in mind.

Thanks