Of interest to programmers is the new Batch API system (borrowed heavily from Drupal's Batch API system). This module ships with FlightPath version 4.6 and newer.

The Batch API allows a module to conduct a lengthy set of processes without reaching a browser timeout. In fact, the user is presented an attractive progress bar, as seen below:

This is achieved by working through the Batch module's helper functions.

A working example

To see a working example, view the /modules/batch/batch.test.inc file.  You can activate this test in your browser by visiting this URL while logged in as admin:  example.com/your-flightpath-dir/batch-test-form