How to Work with Processes > Working with the Branch Processes Group > Working with Check Procedure Status Process

Process Purpose

The "Check Procedure Status" process is used by a program running in the foreground to verify the current execution status (running/not running) of the selected background procedure.

This process ONLY becomes active after you have created a background procedure (in the "Background Procedures" module) and it can ONLY be used outside the "Background Procedures" module.

When you add a process, you are required to define its settings. This occurs in the process's properties window which is displayed automatically after having added the "Check Procedure Status" process.

If any subsequent edition is required, double-click the process to open its properties window and enter the necessary modifications.

Fill in the following options:

Procedure
Select the background procedure to be checked from the drop-down (it provides all the background procedures in the project) OR click and select the variable with that value.
If ... Go to
Running	Select a target location from the drop-down or list, in case the selected background is running. See Detail of a window below. When defining a screen as a target destination (ex: via a “Go To” process), you CANNOT use variables to specify the name of that target screen. You must select the intended screen from the available drop-down/list.
Not Running	Select a target location from the drop-down or list, in case the selected background is not running. When defining a screen as a target destination (ex: via a “Go To” process), you CANNOT use variables to specify the name of that target screen. You must select the intended screen from the available drop-down/list.

Detail of a window:

"S:Menu" is a screen included in the same program as the process.

"R:Routine_1" is a routine included in the same program as the process.

If required, click to attach any relevant notes to this process. Click it and enter your notes in the resulting text box. These notes will be displayed in the corresponding "Actions" tab or "Process" window (in the "Notes" field) and in the "Developer Report".

After filling in the required options, click to conclude OR to abort the operation.

The added process is displayed in the corresponding "Actions" tab or "Process" window.

If you want to use a label as a target destination, you can use the "Auto-Label" mechanism. This alternative to the "Set Label" process allows you to create a label in the properties window of a process - specifically, in the fields used to define target destinations (ex: the "If Error..." type fields). See To Automatically Create a Label.

Use the right-click in MCL-Designer's input boxes to access some related options as well as the general "Cut", "Copy"; "Paste"; "Search" actions (active/inactive according to the current context).

Ex: If you right-click the "Variable" input box (included in a "Conversion's" properties window), you are provided with general editing/search actions and other more specific options such as "Variable Select" (see "Variable Select"); "Variable Insert" (see "Variable Insert"); "Insert Special Character" (see To Insert Special Characters into a Control's Text Input Field) and "Localization Select" (see Localization List).

If you right-click another input box, it may provide other possibilities.