Automatic Pause (through program) and Manual Resume through front panel Button

Hi, I am trying to implement a system which measures voltage and current for a varying source voltage at varying temperature. The program acquires 5 pairs of voltage and current data. The issue here is that the source voltage is varied by manually changing the value of the variable resistor. What I would like to do is somehow pause the program automatically once the loop (for acquiring 5 V and I data pairs) has completed. Then, after the user manually changes the value of the variable resistor (and enters the new value through a front panel indicator), the user should be able to resume the program through a front panel button like in this example: https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-10792
Is it possible to implement this in LabView?
In summary: I would like to implement a system in which the program would pause automatically after a condition has been fulfilled, and can be resumed through a front panel button.
Thank you in advance for any help and suggestions. I hope I made my query clear. I'm not sure whether attaching the program would help but I included it just in case
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Resistivity Measurement.vi ‏132 KB

Hi all! I've overhauled my program after learning how to create state machines in LabVIEW. I think I've managed to make it able to pause program execution by staying in the Initialize state if Pause After Measurement is set to True, only resuming measurement once the user has pressed the front panel button to Acquire Data. Attached is the code for the program.
Thanks to you all for leading me to the right direction (I hope)
I have other questions though for some other functions I want to implement in the program (which are not very relevant to the original topic title). Would it be better to start a new topic or continue the discussion here?
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Resistivity Measurement v2.vi ‏159 KB

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