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The following values are possible:</paragraph> 45<table id="tbl_id3156343"> 46<tablerow> 47<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148663" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">0</paragraph> 49</tablecell> 50<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153360" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">The focus is on the hidden program window.</paragraph> 52</tablecell> 53</tablerow> 54<tablerow> 55<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154123" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">1</paragraph> 57</tablecell> 58<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3144760" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">The focus is on the program window in standard size.</paragraph> 60</tablecell> 61</tablerow> 62<tablerow> 63<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156422" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">2</paragraph> 65</tablecell> 66<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 67<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148451" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">The focus is on the minimized program window.</paragraph> 68</tablecell> 69</tablerow> 70<tablerow> 71<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 72<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149561" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">3</paragraph> 73</tablecell> 74<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 75<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146921" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">focus is on the maximized program window.</paragraph> 76</tablecell> 77</tablerow> 78<tablerow> 79<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 80<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149481" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">4</paragraph> 81</tablecell> 82<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 83<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155854" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Standard size program window, without focus.</paragraph> 84</tablecell> 85</tablerow> 86<tablerow> 87<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 88<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145271" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">6</paragraph> 89</tablecell> 90<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 91<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152938" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Minimized program window, focus remains on the active window.</paragraph> 92</tablecell> 93</tablerow> 94<tablerow> 95<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 96<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146119" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">10</paragraph> 97</tablecell> 98<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 99<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151112" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Full-screen display.</paragraph> 100</tablecell> 101</tablerow> 102</table> 103<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150419" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="33">Param</paragraph> 104<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149412" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Any string expression that specifies the command line that want to pass.</paragraph> 105<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148456" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="32">bSync</paragraph> 106<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154096" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">If this value is set to <emph>true</emph>, the <emph>Shell</emph> command and all $[officename] tasks wait until the shell process completes. If the value is set to <emph>false</emph>, the shell returns directly. The default value is <emph>false</emph>.</paragraph> 107<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 108<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 109<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err53"/> 110<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err73"/> 111<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154270" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="19">Example</paragraph> 112<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153948" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Sub ExampleShellForWin</paragraph> 113<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154479" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21"> Shell("c:\windows\calc.exe",2)</paragraph> 114<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153709" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">end sub</paragraph> 115</body> 116</helpdocument> 117