I believe that task manager is the only way out. I have been there many times myself. You can build an escape sequence into your code (check for a key sequence) but you would need to insert it anywhere a loop could occur. I sometimes do that when I am debugging a complex section of code.
John -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas J Hawley Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 12:32 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Kill Runaway Command I'm using 7.6.8.30524 on Win 7 64-bit. I mistakenly entered an UPDATE command at the R> prompt that correctly raised an error dialog ("Values in [table] must be unique (2738)"). The only option on the dialog is the OK button, and pressing this simply raises the error again for the next row. The database has 10,000 rows so this is not very useful. The dialog is modal, and there seems to be no way out except to go to Task Manager and kill R:Base, which is not very elegant. Is there any way to kill the errant process with a keystroke combination? I've tried the usual key combinations (Control+C, etc.) without success, but surely there must a way to do this? It would be helpful indeed if the dialog itself provided the answer! Thanks.
