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The following values are possible:</paragraph> 52<table id="tbl_id3156343"> 53<tablerow> 54<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148663" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">0</paragraph> 56</tablecell> 57<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153360" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">The focus is on the hidden program window.</paragraph> 59</tablecell> 60</tablerow> 61<tablerow> 62<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154123" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">1</paragraph> 64</tablecell> 65<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 66<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> 67</tablecell> 68</tablerow> 69<tablerow> 70<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 71<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156422" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">2</paragraph> 72</tablecell> 73<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 74<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148451" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">The focus is on the minimized program window.</paragraph> 75</tablecell> 76</tablerow> 77<tablerow> 78<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 79<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149561" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">3</paragraph> 80</tablecell> 81<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 82<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146921" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">focus is on the maximized program window.</paragraph> 83</tablecell> 84</tablerow> 85<tablerow> 86<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 87<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149481" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">4</paragraph> 88</tablecell> 89<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 90<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155854" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Standard size program window, without focus.</paragraph> 91</tablecell> 92</tablerow> 93<tablerow> 94<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 95<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145271" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">6</paragraph> 96</tablecell> 97<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 98<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152938" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Minimized program window, focus remains on the active window.</paragraph> 99</tablecell> 100</tablerow> 101<tablerow> 102<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 103<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146119" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">10</paragraph> 104</tablecell> 105<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 106<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151112" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Full-screen display.</paragraph> 107</tablecell> 108</tablerow> 109</table> 110 111<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150419" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="33">Param</paragraph> 112<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> 113<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148456" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="32">bSync</paragraph> 114<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> 115<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 116<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 117<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err53"/> 118<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err73"/> 119<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154270" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="19">Example</paragraph> 120<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153948" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Sub ExampleShellForWin</paragraph> 121<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154479" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21"> Shell("c:\windows\calc.exe",2)</paragraph> 122<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153709" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">end sub</paragraph> 123</body> 124</helpdocument> 125