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The ExtendProgressWindow template adds functionality to Process and Report procedures. It is designed to do two things:

·Give you precise control over the visual feedback you provide end users for (small) Process and Report procedures.

·Allow Process and Report procedures to operate in two separate modes--all records mode and single record mode (current value range-limit).

You can use the ExtendProgressWindow template to delay or to completely suppress the progress window for a Process or Report procedure, and you can optionally specify a wait cursor. In single record mode, you can suppress the progress window, the print preview, or both.

The ExtendProgressWindow template provides the following options.

**Delay Showing Window**

Enter the number of seconds to hide the progress window. For example, you may want to hide the progress window for 3 seconds so that processes or reports that finish within 3 seconds limit never show a progress window.

**Wait cursor**

Check this box to display a wait cursor (hour glass cursor) for the duration of the process or report. For small/short processes and reports, your end users may prefer a simple wait cursor over a progress window. On completion, the procedure restores the cursor to its previous state.

**Single Shot**

These options are available only for Processes and Reports that specify a key in the **Data / Tables **Pad.

**Single record**

Check this box to allow the Report or Process to operate in its normal mode (process all records), or to operate in single record mode (current value range-limit) when GlobalRequest is set to ProcessRecord (see //Procedure Templates--Inter-Procedure Communication// for more information on GlobalRequest).

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If your Report or Process procedure uses a non-unique key, you can process all records with the current key value!

The BrowsePrintButton template primes the range-limit field and calls procedures in this single record mode (see //Control Templates--BrowsePrintButton//).

**Use Progress**

Check this box to display the progress window in single record mode. Clear the box to suppress the progress window in single record mode.

**Use Preview**

Check this box to provide the print preview in single record mode. Clear the box to suppress the print preview in single record mode.