Execute a For Loop in a While Loop Only Once

[adamdempsey]

I have a for loop inside a while loop in a VI.  The while loop is there so the user can select some Boolean options on the front panel and navigate to some file directories.  Then once everything is setup, the user hits a button, which executes a for loop and "post processes" the tdms files in the directory the user selected.  My problem is, once the for loop is finished, it just starts over again and starts processing the files over again. 

I want the the entire while and VI to stop, once the for loop is finished. How do I do that?

Thanks!

Adam

[ZYOng]

Add an OR node before the conditional terminal to capture the Boolean value from the Stop button and a True value from the For Loop.

[TheWolfmansBrother]

Move the for loop out of the while loop so that when "the user hits a button" the while loop stops, and you move on to running whatever is in the for loop (may not even need the for loop if it's only executing once), once that stuff executes the VI is complete. 

[Frozen]

Another (better?) option is to create a simple state machine.

[adamdempsey]

Can you elaborate on how to create a simple state machine?

[adamdempsey]

WolfmansBrother - thanks for uploading an example VI.  I only have LabView 2019, so can you upload a 2019 version for me?

Thanks!

[Frozen]

let me google that for you...

https://labviewwiki.org/wiki/State_Machine

[LFBaute]

Resources to look at would be

- NI Simple State Machine Template

or google "labview state machine"

[TheWolfmansBrother]

here ya go

[adamdempsey]

Yep, I guess I could have googled that.  🙂