diff --git a/src/Gui/Application.cpp b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
index bbcd71eab6..c5021e9685 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ struct ApplicationP
     /// Handles all commands
     CommandManager commandManager;
     ViewProviderMap viewproviderMap;
+    std::bitset<32> StatusBits;
 };
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -2289,6 +2290,16 @@ void Application::runApplication()
     Base::Console().Log("Finish: Event loop left\n");
 }
 
+bool Application::testStatus(Status pos) const
+{
+    return d->StatusBits.test((size_t)pos);
+}
+
+void Application::setStatus(Status pos, bool on)
+{
+    d->StatusBits.set((size_t)pos, on);
+}
+
 void Application::setStyleSheet(const QString& qssFile, bool tiledBackground)
 {
     Gui::MainWindow* mw = getMainWindow();
diff --git a/src/Gui/Application.h b/src/Gui/Application.h
index 4ad59f9f3f..692f95b672 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Application.h
+++ b/src/Gui/Application.h
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ class ViewProviderDocumentObject;
 class GuiExport Application
 {
 public:
+    enum Status {
+        UserInitiatedOpenDocument = 0
+    };
+
     /// construction
     explicit Application(bool GUIenabled);
     /// destruction
@@ -232,7 +236,12 @@ public:
     static void runApplication();
     void tryClose( QCloseEvent * e );
     //@}
-    
+
+    /// return the status bits
+    bool testStatus(Status pos) const;
+    /// set the status bits
+    void setStatus(Status pos, bool on);
+
     /** @name User edit mode */
     //@{
 protected:
@@ -320,7 +329,7 @@ public:
 
     static PyObject* sAddDocObserver           (PyObject *self,PyObject *args);
     static PyObject* sRemoveDocObserver        (PyObject *self,PyObject *args);
-    
+
     static PyObject* sListUserEditModes        (PyObject *self,PyObject *args);
     static PyObject* sGetUserEditMode          (PyObject *self,PyObject *args);
     static PyObject* sSetUserEditMode          (PyObject *self,PyObject *args);