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Gracefully force my application to close

Hi
I am using VB.Net 2005
See code below. I am trying to make this application completely stop (gracefully) in one click on Button2 no matter what my application is doing.

Thank you

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim ExitLoopTime As DateTime = DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(300)
        Do While DateTime.Compare(ExitLoopTime, DateTime.Now) > 0
            Application.DoEvents()
        Loop
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
        Me.Close()
    End Sub

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Jorge Paulino

And the problem is ?

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ASKER

Hi

The problem is that a person has to click twice to force the application to exit before the loop is complete. It's not a big deal, but that is not my intention. I wish to click Button2 just once and gracefully exit the application.

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ASKER

Oops... My mistake

If I click on button1 first, then I must click on button2 twice to exit the app.

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Jorge Paulino

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ASKER

Of course you are right and I am happy about that.
I've only recently begun to work with threads. I am beginning to see that they are very useful

Thanks!!!

Jorge Paulino

Glad I could help, and you should explore a little about threads or BackGroundWorker (that is an easy way to handle threads)