| **Navigation:**  [[templates.htm|Templates]] > Guide to all Templates > Extension Templates >WorkingThread | [[tplextensionwindowresize.htm|{{btn_prev_n.gif|Previous page}}]][[templates.htm|{{btn_home_n.gif|Return to chapter overview}}]][[tplextensionglobalbusinessrules.htm|{{btn_next_n.gif|Next page}}]] |
|  ||

To get started with the WorkingThread template add the Procedure Extension template.

{{workingthread.png|WorkingThread}}

You can rename the object or accept the default name:

{{workingthread2.png|WorkingThread2}}

Select variables to be used in the worker thread

{{workingthread3.png|WorkingThread3}}

The variables in this list are generated into the CLASS prepended with **"var". **So for example, if you add the variable "LOC:Message", the CLASS

is generated with the variable:

**varLOC:Message       ****LIKE**(LOC:Message),PRIVATE

To access the variable use **SELF .varLOC:Message**

The Template creates these embeds for you to implement your code to execute on a background thread:

{{workingthreadembeds.png|WorkingThreadEmbeds}}

{{workingthreadembedsvirtuals.png|WorkingThreadEmbedsVirtuals}}

Go to [[workingthreadmanager.htm|Class methods]]