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The following values are possible:</paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3156343"> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148663" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">0</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153360" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">The focus is on the hidden program window.</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154123" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">1</paragraph> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156422" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">2</paragraph> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148451" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">The focus is on the minimized program window.</paragraph> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149561" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">3</paragraph> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146921" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">focus is on the maximized program window.</paragraph> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149481" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">4</paragraph> 81cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 82cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155854" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Standard size program window, without focus.</paragraph> 84cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 85cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 86cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 87cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 88cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145271" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">6</paragraph> 89cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 90cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 91cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152938" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Minimized program window, focus remains on the active window.</paragraph> 92cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 93cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 94cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 95cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 96cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146119" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">10</paragraph> 97cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 98cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 99cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151112" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Full-screen display.</paragraph> 100cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 101cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 102cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 103cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150419" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="33">Param</paragraph> 104cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 105cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148456" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="32">bSync</paragraph> 106cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 107cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 108cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 109cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err53"/> 110cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err73"/> 111cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154270" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="19">Example</paragraph> 112cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153948" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Sub ExampleShellForWin</paragraph> 113cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154479" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21"> Shell("c:\windows\calc.exe",2)</paragraph> 114cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153709" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">end sub</paragraph> 115cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 116cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 117