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# GetProcessingStagesExt

> GetProcessingStagesExt method in the ABBYY FlexiCapture Web Services API returns extended information about processing stages.

## What it does

Gets extended information about processing stages.

## Definition

```csharp theme={null}
ProcessingStageExt[] GetProcessingStagesExt(int projectId, int batchTypeId, int stageType, string Name);
```

## Parameters

| Name        | Type     | Description                                                                                                                                                                      |
| ----------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `projectId` | `int`    | The ID of the project.                                                                                                                                                           |
| `batchType` | `int`    | The ID of the batch type. `0` selects the default batch type, and `-1` selects all batch types.                                                                                  |
| `stageType` | `int`    | The ID of the stage type. For possible values, see [ProcessingStageType](/flexi-capture/api/structures/t-processing-stage-type). Use `-1` to get processing stages of all types. |
| `Name`      | `string` | The name of the processing stage. Use an empty string (`""`) to get all processing stages.                                                                                       |

## Returned value

| Type                                                                          | Description                                                                      |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [ProcessingStageExt](/flexi-capture/api/structures/processing-stages-ext)`[]` | A set of records, each containing extended information about a processing stage. |