# Status Windows

There are two types of status windows in WinVN:

Block Status Window

This is a small status window which is displayed during encoding, sending news, sending SMTP mail, and decoding, This window shows you the byte and line count and activity status of the current operation (i.e. how much has been sent, how much has been encoded, how much has been decoded, etc). This window can be configured to stay "Always on top" in Configure Decoding, or by checking the "Always on top" option from the status window's Alt-space system menu.

Decoding Status Window

This is a window created during decoding operations to show the running status of decoding. If the Verbose Status Windows option is checked, one Decoding Status Window will be displayed for each binary decoded. This window shows detailed status of the decoding progress for the associated binary file (i.e. part sequencing, etc). When the Verbose Status Windows option is not selected, only one Decoding Status Window will be opened, and only a simple message will be shown identifying the start and completion of each binary decoded.

Note that you can close all open non-busy status windows from the main window’s Window Menu.