Controls whether background plotting is turned on or off for plotting and publishing.
| Type: | Integer | 
| Saved in: | Registry | 
| Initial value: | 2 | 
By default, background plotting is turned off for plotting and on for publishing.
| 
 Value  | 
 PLOT  | 
 PUBLISH  | 
| 
 0  | 
 Foreground  | 
 Foreground  | 
| 
 1  | 
 Background  | 
 Foreground  | 
| 
 2  | 
 Foreground  | 
 Background  | 
| 
 3  | 
 Background  | 
 Background  | 
When -PLOT, PLOT, -PUBLISH, and PUBLISH are used in a script (SCR file), the BACKGROUNDPLOT system variable value is ignored, and -PLOT, PLOT, -PUBLISH, and PUBLISH are processed in the foreground.