How to stop a while loop in LabVIEW from a C program

How to stop  a while loop in LabVIEW from a C code

hi
I think by creating dll you can stop the while loop from your C program.For that you just create dll (Dynamic Link Library) for the VI which has that while loop.
     Anyway can u please explain ur requirement clearly.

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    IYED wrote:
    Hello;
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    hwm wrote:
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    hwm wrote:
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    Norbert_B wrote:
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