Anyone know how to interrupt a process forcibly?

[2potatocakes]

Hi guys,

I've got a java process running from a basic GUI that will sometimes finish quite quickly but other times will take several minutes to finish depending on the size of the calculation I am making.

While the process is running all of the buttons on my GUI are unaccessible.

I was wondering if any of you guys know how to still be able to access the buttons and ultimately if it is possible to interrupt the process also using a button?

Thanks in advance for you help!
:p

[DarrylBurke]

Learn how to handle threading in Swing and your GUI won't be unresponsive.
Lesson: Concurrency in Swing (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing)

db

[toadaly]

You need to use a second thread to do the lengthy calculation.

[2potatocakes]

Thanks guys, I read through those lessons you posted Darryl, thanks! Have never had to use threads properly before but have the GUI working perfectly now thanks ;)