can you break from a subvi without stopping top-level VI execution?

[-SK-]

Hello,

I'm wondering if, in LV, there is an easy way to exit a subVI at some point in its execution and return to a top-level VI ('easy' being by using a simple function, similiar in idea to 'break' or 'goto' from other languages). I have a state machine for a top-level, and each state executes one or more subvi's to perform specific functions. The subvi's that are in while loops are easy enough to stop when I want, but i'm wondering about the ones in flat sequences or the like.I tried 'stop' in application control, but that stops my top-level VI too.

[AdnanZ]

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-SK- wrote:
The subvi's that are in while loops are easy enough to stop when I want, but i'm wondering about the ones in flat sequences or the like.I tried 'stop' in application control, but that stops my top-level VI too.

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How exactly have you designed the interaction between the top-level VI and the subVI? Is it possible to post sample code that explains this?

[smercurio_fc]

I'm assuming you're referring to needing to do this while in debug mode. Unfortunately, no, there is no easy way, and that's primarily because LabVIEW is a dataflow language, not a "procedural" language.

[-SK-]

Adnan: the interaction is pretty simple; the subvi's receive their inputs from, and pass their outputs to, the top-level VI in the standard way. I'm not using global variables or references or anything. 

smercurio: I've tried a few things since posting, and looked around a bit more, and I'm getting the impression that you are right, and I must do it the long way.