BKG Background Process Status

Numeric System Variable

Contents

Integer, process status code

Description

The BKG variable contains the following numeric status codes:

	0	Current program is directly connected to a terminal user (background/ghost process), and on Windows, the initial window was not minimized or hidden.
	1	Current program is not directly connected to a terminal user (background/ghost process), or on Windows, the initial window was minimized or hidden.

Note:
If you only want to determine if PxPlus is being run as a background process and are not concerned about whether the initial window was minimized or hidden, use the following:

     IF TCB(27)=0 THEN 1 ELSE 0

See Also

TCB( ) Return Task Information

Example

?bkg
0