Hi,
Try scanThread.interrupt();. This will stop the thread from
running, but will not kill the thread.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Panagiotis Plevrakis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 5:42 AM
> To: JDJList
> Subject: [jdjlist] stopping a Thread
>
> Can anybody show me a good non-deprecated way to stop scanThread in the
> following code? Setting it to null does not make her stop. What more
> should
> I do to make her stop?
> ************************************************************
> btScan.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
> public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
> btScanCounter++;
> btScan.setText("Cancel Search");
> Thread t1 = new Thread() {
> public void run() {
> handleScanButton();
> }};
> if ((btScanCounter%2) == 0) {
> scanThread = null; // THIS DOES NOT WORK
> btScan.setText("Auto Search");
> } else {
> if (scanThread == null) {
> scanThread = new Thread(t1);
> scanThread.start();
> }
> }
> }});
> ************************************************************
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