Can I start different background tasks depending on if-statement?

Function RelayInitialize(ctrlName) : ButtonControl
    String ctrlName 
    Variable defaultRM,instr,status
    String resourceName = "ASRL8::INSTR"
    
    //opens resource manager
    
    viOpenDefaultRM(defaultRM)  
    status = viOpenDefaultRM(defaultRM)
    if (status < 0)
        ReportVISAError("viOpenDefaultRM", instr, status)
    endif
    
    //opens session with instrument
    viOpen(defaultRM, resourceName, 0, 0, instr)
    
    status = viOpen(defaultRM, resourceName, 0, 0, instr)
    if (status < 0)
        viClose(defaultRM)
        ReportVISAError("viOpen", instr, status)
        print  "Could not open Relay"
        //return 0
    endif
    
    //setting attributes for relaycard
    status =visetattribute(instr,VI_ATTR_TMO_VALUE,50)                          //Timeout
    status =visetattribute(instr,VI_ATTR_ASRL_BAUD,9600)                            //Baudrate
    status =visetattribute(instr,VI_ATTR_ASRL_DATA_BITS,8)                      //Data Bits
    status =visetattribute(instr,VI_ATTR_ASRL_PARITY,VI_ASRL_PAR_NONE)          //Parity
    status =visetattribute(instr,VI_ATTR_ASRL_STOP_BITS,VI_ASRL_STOP_ONE)       //Stop Bit
    status =visetattribute(instr,VI_ATTR_ASRL_FLOW_CNTRL,VI_ASRL_FLOW_NONE) //Flow control for Data Transfer
    
    variable/G root:SamplerGlobals:Relaycard = instr
    Printf "Relay=%d\r", instr
 
    
    //Check which sampling method and start corresponding background task to control relays 
    NVAR SamplingMethodG=root:SamplerGlobals:SamplingMethodG
    
    
    if (SamplingMethodG==1)     //automatic sampling
        CtrlNamedBackground automatic,period=60,proc=AutomaticSampling,start
    elseif (SamplingMethodG==2) //manual sampling
        ctrlNamedBackground manual,period=60,proc=ManualSampling,start
    endif
End
 
 
//Running through all samplers and initialize functions checkcondition and checkformula
function ManualSampling(s)
    STRUCT WMBackgroundStruct &s
    variable sampler
    
// to check if function is executed once or more
    print "bla"
        
End
 
 
 
 
 
//Activates functions to check conditions, formula and if the system should sample and time couting
function AutomaticSampling(s)
    STRUCT WMBackgroundStruct &s
    
//to check if function is executed once or more
    print "blabla"
    variable sampler,condition
    NVAR ParticleSizeG=root:SamplerGlobals:ParticleSizeG
 
    if (ParticleSizeG==1)       //PM1: sampler 1-4
        for(sampler=1;sampler<5;sampler+=1)
            for(condition=1;condition<5;condition+=1)
                Checkcondition(sampler,condition)
                Checkformula(sampler,condition)
                CheckSampling(sampler)              
                Timecount(sampler)
            endfor
        endfor
            
    
    elseif (ParticleSizeG==2)   //PM1+PM10: sampler 1-2
        for(sampler=1;sampler<3;sampler+=1)
            for(condition=1;condition<5;condition+=1)
                checkcondition(sampler,condition)
                Checkformula(sampler,condition)     
                CheckSampling(sampler)
                Timecount(sampler)
            endfor
        endfor
    endif
    
    return 0
End