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The following values are possible:</paragraph> 56<table id="tbl_id3156343"> 57<tablerow> 58<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148663" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">0</paragraph> 60</tablecell> 61<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153360" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">The focus is on the hidden program window.</paragraph> 63</tablecell> 64</tablerow> 65<tablerow> 66<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 67<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154123" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">1</paragraph> 68</tablecell> 69<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 70<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> 71</tablecell> 72</tablerow> 73<tablerow> 74<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 75<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156422" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">2</paragraph> 76</tablecell> 77<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 78<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148451" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">The focus is on the minimized program window.</paragraph> 79</tablecell> 80</tablerow> 81<tablerow> 82<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 83<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149561" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">3</paragraph> 84</tablecell> 85<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 86<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146921" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">focus is on the maximized program window.</paragraph> 87</tablecell> 88</tablerow> 89<tablerow> 90<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 91<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149481" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">4</paragraph> 92</tablecell> 93<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 94<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155854" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Standard size program window, without focus.</paragraph> 95</tablecell> 96</tablerow> 97<tablerow> 98<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 99<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145271" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">6</paragraph> 100</tablecell> 101<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 102<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152938" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Minimized program window, focus remains on the active window.</paragraph> 103</tablecell> 104</tablerow> 105<tablerow> 106<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 107<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146119" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">10</paragraph> 108</tablecell> 109<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 110<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151112" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Full-screen display.</paragraph> 111</tablecell> 112</tablerow> 113</table> 114 115<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150419" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="33">Param</paragraph> 116<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> 117<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148456" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="32">bSync</paragraph> 118<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> 119<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 120<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 121<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err53"/> 122<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err73"/> 123<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154270" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="19">Example</paragraph> 124<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153948" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Sub ExampleShellForWin</paragraph> 125<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154479" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21"> Shell("c:\windows\calc.exe",2)</paragraph> 126<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153709" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">end sub</paragraph> 127</body> 128</helpdocument> 129