diff --git a/Common/processfields.h b/Common/processfields.h
index 3786fd8..49ece87 100644
--- a/Common/processfields.h
+++ b/Common/processfields.h
@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ public:
 
 	//! Used file pattern e.g. pattern="tmp/efield_" --> "tmp/efield_000045.vtk" for timestep 45 or "tmp/efield_2.40000e9.vtk" for 2.4GHz E-field dump. (VTK FileType only) \sa SetFileType()
 	void SetFilePattern(string fp) {m_filename=filePattern=fp;}
+	string GetFilePattern() const {return filePattern;}
 
 	//! Set the filename for a hdf5 data group file (HDF5 FileType only) \sa SetFileType()
 	void SetFileName(string fn) {m_filename=fn;}
+	string SetFileName() const {return m_filename;}
 
 	//! Define the Dump-Mode
 	void SetDumpMode(Engine_Interface_Base::InterpolationType mode);
diff --git a/Common/processing.cpp b/Common/processing.cpp
index 3a40b34..272a8ed 100644
--- a/Common/processing.cpp
+++ b/Common/processing.cpp
@@ -273,6 +273,14 @@ void ProcessingArray::AddProcessing(Processing* proc)
 	ProcessArray.push_back(proc);
 }
 
+void ProcessingArray::InitAll()
+{
+	for (size_t i=0; i<ProcessArray.size(); ++i)
+	{
+		ProcessArray.at(i)->InitProcess();
+	}
+}
+
 void ProcessingArray::FlushNext()
 {
 	for (size_t i=0; i<ProcessArray.size(); ++i)
diff --git a/Common/processing.h b/Common/processing.h
index 80a21f3..b828855 100644
--- a/Common/processing.h
+++ b/Common/processing.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public:
 	void SetEngineInterface(Engine_Interface_Base* eng_if);
 
 	virtual void SetName(string val) {m_Name=val;}
+	virtual string GetName() const {return m_Name;}
 
 	//! Get the name for this processing, will be used in file description.
 	virtual string GetProcessingName() const = 0;
@@ -159,6 +160,8 @@ public:
 
 	void AddProcessing(Processing* proc);
 
+	void InitAll();
+
 	//! Invoke this flag to flush all stored data to disk for all processings on next Process()
 	void FlushNext();
 
@@ -178,6 +181,10 @@ public:
 
 	void DumpBoxes2File( string vtkfilenameprefix ) const;
 
+	size_t GetNumberOfProcessings() const {return ProcessArray.size();}
+
+	Processing* GetProcessing(size_t number) {return ProcessArray.at(number);}
+
 protected:
 	unsigned int maxInterval;
 	vector<Processing*> ProcessArray;
diff --git a/openems.cpp b/openems.cpp
index 9223af5..f079527 100644
--- a/openems.cpp
+++ b/openems.cpp
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ bool openEMS::SetupProcessing()
 				proc->SetName(pb->GetName());
 				proc->DefineStartStopCoord(start,stop);
 				proc->SetWeight(pb->GetWeighting());
-				proc->InitProcess();
 				PA->AddProcessing(proc);
 				prim->SetPrimitiveUsed(true);
 			}
@@ -424,7 +423,6 @@ bool openEMS::SetupProcessing()
 					ProcField->SetFilePattern(db->GetName());
 					ProcField->SetFileName(db->GetName());
 					ProcField->DefineStartStopCoord(start,stop);
-					ProcField->InitProcess();
 					PA->AddProcessing(ProcField);
 					prim->SetPrimitiveUsed(true);
 				}
@@ -686,6 +684,9 @@ void openEMS::RunFDTD()
 	PA->AddProcessing(ProcField);
 	double maxE=0,currE=0;
 
+	//init processings
+	PA->InitAll();
+
 	//add all timesteps to end-crit field processing with max excite amplitude
 	unsigned int maxExcite = FDTD_Op->Exc->GetMaxExcitationTimestep();
 	for (unsigned int n=0; n<FDTD_Op->Exc->Volt_Count; ++n)