Writing a file for prescribed amount of time in a while loop after the triggering condition is met

Hello Guys,
I am trying to program an application in which if the trigger condition is met it should start to write the file.
I was able to do that, but if I want it to be written for certain amount of time, and once the trigger condition is met, it should continue to write the files for prescribed amount of time. I was not able to do this. The file name should also be updated accordingly.
I tried to with some options by keeping the creation of the file outside of the loop, if I do that then if the trigger condition is not met it will stop writing and I dont want that, as once the trigger condition is met it should be true thereafter.
So I cant keep any thing outside the while loop, bcaz then it checks the condition of the shift register for the trigger and I have it as a false constant.
I am attaching my application which is kind of mess and I have written in the application where I am having problems. For every iteration of while loop it makes a new file, and i dont want that, I want to write specific amount of time data to the each file.
Please take a look at my code and help me in solving the problem. Any insights and examples on how to do this thing will be a relief to me.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Nitin
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PXI_4462_Sync_and_Stream_trigger.zip ‏192 KB

what i am saying is to keep track of how much data you have written and whenever you need to make a new file you make 1.
here is a vi that i just made that should show you. let me know if you need any help understanding it.
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new file exemple.vi.zip ‏21 KB

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