Delphi Basics : Abort command

DelphiBasics

Abort
Procedure

Aborts the current processing with a silent exception

SysUtils unit

procedure Abort();

Description

The Abort procedure stops the current processing and exits to the last exception block. In doing so, no end user message is produced - the abort is silent.

Related commands

Break		Forces a jump out of a single loop
Continue		Forces a jump to the next iteration of a loop
Goto		Forces a jump to a label, regardless of nesting
Halt		Terminates the program with an optional dialog
RunError		Terminates the program with an error dialog

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Example code : Aborting from a try block

begin
  // Enter a try block
  Try
    ShowMessage('Before abort');
    Abort;
    ShowMessage('After abort');
  Except
    On E : Exception do ShowMessage(E.Message + ' exception occured');
  end;
  ShowMessage('After try');
end;

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  Before abort
  Operation aborted exception occured
  After try