# System Variables

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